1
as in breathing
having or showing life
we were relieved to find that the little bird was still alive after crashing into the plate glass window
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2
as in buzzing
marked by much life, movement, or activity
the mall was alive with holiday shoppers
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as in operating
being in effective operation
kept the cause of peace alive despite severe setbacks in relations between the two nations
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as in existing
having being at the present time
describes her boyfriend as the sweetest guy alive
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as in aware
having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind
alive to the need for major improvements in the school system
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Recent Examples of alive
Cerúndolo won the final six games in the third set to keep the match alive before taking the final two sets to complete the shock win.
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Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
From comedy shows and museums to experiences in nature, the city is alive with opportunity.
—Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
One understands, through her characters’ ruminations, that these women are struggling to face the challenge of being alive.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
But the creative spark is alive.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
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Thomas Schlachter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
From comedy shows and museums to experiences in nature, the city is alive with opportunity.
—Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 28 May 2026
One understands, through her characters’ ruminations, that these women are struggling to face the challenge of being alive.
—Literary Hub, 28 May 2026
But the creative spark is alive.
—Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alive
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The town's main thoroughfare, Anderson Avenue, is home to a buzzing variety of bars, restaurants, and shops.—
Dobrina Zhekova,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Along my walkway and all over my neighborhood, nasturtium flowers are opening like bright orange suns, fragrant lavender is attracting buzzing bees, and rosemary bushes are beginning to brighten with baby blue flowers.—
Senior Food Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2026
Adjective
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True, some if the upside surprise has come from non-operating gains on holdings in huge, private AI pioneers, but not all of it.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Exxon operates some of the wells directly and holds a financial, non-operating interest in the others.—
Rachel Nostrant,
Houston Chronicle,
26 Jan. 2026
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The Zara-Bad Bunny collaboration worked because it was anchored in a pre-existing cultural narrative rather than a corporate invention.—
Esade Business & Law School,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Annual applications jumped from about 850 between 2010 and 2014 to 5,379 in 2025, following a 2014 state Supreme Court ruling that broadened qualifying pre-existing conditions.—
Joe Rubin,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2026
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The industry has been well aware of the risks of the types of chemical accidents that can lead to a thermal runaway reaction, posing the risk of an explosion.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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The schedule looks to ease up in June, but the Cubs are well aware that nothing is guaranteed.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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In May 2025, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins blocked all imports of live cattle, horses and bison across the United States' southern border with Mexico.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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The inspector saw a live roach and a dead roach in the facility, some cooked meat that wasn’t being cooled properly and reported that the hot water heater wasn’t working.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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But he's benefited from his busy daily workload and a lifetime of abstinence from tobacco and alcohol, said his physician, Sean Barbabella.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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That could have included a certain population size within three miles, a certain demographic target nearby, a maximum of 2,500 square feet on a single floor, located on a busy intersection, with a minimum number of locations per market, etc.—
George Deeb,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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But building much larger vessels — the Defiant class is intended to displace roughly 30,000 to 40,000 tons — would only inflate costs and create fatter targets, without offering dramatically new operational capacity.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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The entire Starship program, however, is far behind schedule, with 12 launches of the rocket in the past three years—some successful, some not, none qualifying the giant machine as anywhere close to operational.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Despite the game’s authenticity to real pinball, Space Cadet wasn’t based on an extant physical table, but was merely one part of the Full Tilt!—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
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Enter Magnanti, who had spent more than four years studying Bede’s history and was compiling a catalog of extant copies.—
Andrea Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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“Alive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alive. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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