as in to live
to have life
a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist
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Recent Examples of subsist
Residents were not allowed to eat any meat, vegetables, or dairy and subsisted primarily off of rice pudding and peanut butter.
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
Remember, no one can subsist only on popcorn, even during the warmer weeks.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
The film’s plenitude shows how people subsist alongside the irresistible rise of media fascism.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
Author: Alexander Hamilton To the People of the State of New York:
AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2024
Remember, no one can subsist only on popcorn, even during the warmer weeks.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2024
The film’s plenitude shows how people subsist alongside the irresistible rise of media fascism.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsist
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Yet in the far more advanced civilizations of Ancient Egypt and Rome, people would have been lucky to live past 30, and not much longer in the 19th century.John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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But True enough for you — with these teams coughing up late-inning leads three half-innings in a row, with their postseason lives hanging on every pitch?Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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There was little movement in the AP poll entering Week 9 thanks to a light slate of games during the holiday week.Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
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There are tweaks to the historical record from pretty much the first frame.Jordan Hoffman, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Dec. 2024
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That means that members will automatically be enrolled in both organizations, and existing members of the TV Academy’s Children’s, Daytime, Documentary and Science & Technology peer groups will retain those memberships while automatically becoming members of NATAS as well.Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
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In the years since Amini's death, Iranian women on the streets increasingly have ignored the existing hijab law, walking in public with their hair uncovered despite the threat of arrest or harassment.Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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