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as in was
to have life
Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
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Recent Examples of lived
South Florida has lived these lousy afternoons all week — and Friday’s forecast calls for more of the same.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Steve has more than 40 years of food industry experience in his native Hong Kong and in the Bay Area, where the couple lived and owned various eateries for two decades.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
O’Steen bludgeoned Marissa Grimes, dug a shallow grave for her under his house in west Fort Worth and for 10 days lived above where police later sawed open the floor to expose Grimes’ decomposing 135-pound body, prosecutors have argued that the evidence shows.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
The quiet street where Robinson lived with his parents is now the subject of intense scrutiny.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Robert and his wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) retire to the smaller Dower house, where Robert’s mother Violet (Maggie Smith), the matriarch of the Crawley family, lived.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Natalia, who has a form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, lived with several different foster families before being adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett in 2010.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Cox said the shooter lived three hours away from the university in Utah’s southwestern Washington County.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The New Zealand Productivity Commission estimated that about 1 million New Zealanders lived outside the country as of 2022, which constitutes 20% of the resident population.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Steve has more than 40 years of food industry experience in his native Hong Kong and in the Bay Area, where the couple lived and owned various eateries for two decades.
—Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
O’Steen bludgeoned Marissa Grimes, dug a shallow grave for her under his house in west Fort Worth and for 10 days lived above where police later sawed open the floor to expose Grimes’ decomposing 135-pound body, prosecutors have argued that the evidence shows.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
The quiet street where Robinson lived with his parents is now the subject of intense scrutiny.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Robert and his wife Cora (Elizabeth McGovern) retire to the smaller Dower house, where Robert’s mother Violet (Maggie Smith), the matriarch of the Crawley family, lived.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Natalia, who has a form of dwarfism called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, lived with several different foster families before being adopted by Michael and Kristine Barnett in 2010.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Cox said the shooter lived three hours away from the university in Utah’s southwestern Washington County.
—Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The New Zealand Productivity Commission estimated that about 1 million New Zealanders lived outside the country as of 2022, which constitutes 20% of the resident population.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived
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In the summer of 2024, hundreds of people gathered in Allegawaho Memorial Heritage Park in Council Grove, KS–about 80 miles southwest of Lawrence–a park owned by Kaw Nation that includes one of the three Kaw villages where Kanza people resided from the 1840s to 1872.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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While the painters might have been from different worlds — Nicholson was born in 1893 and resided in Cumbria, while Cranston, born in 1969, lives in Scotland — their work both revels in intimacy’s imperfections.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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There was a spirit of abundance and joy, too; that can’t be remiss.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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While there was a spin-off OVA in the late ‘80s, which Izubuchi designed the mecha for, there were also two Aura Phantasm artbooks released by B-Club around the same time.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Her mother, who had worked as a waitress but stayed at home after her husband’s death, encouraged her interests.—
Clare Malone,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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This time, the bar stayed and Duplantis had his 14th world record.—
Zack Pierce,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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In other words, nearly 2 million jobs that were ostensibly created under the second half of Biden’s presidency never actually existed.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Selling gold seemed like a straightforward experience; after all, it's existed for quite literally thousands of years.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lived. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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