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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Parasaurolophus was a plant-eating dinosaur that lived around 77 to 73 million years ago in present day North America.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
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Due to modern medicine, people are living longer and more fruitful lives, but television depictions of those enjoying their golden years certainly haven’t caught up.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
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If there were any doubts about what the Playoff would do for rivalry games, they were answered (again) in the third quarter.Kennington Smith III, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024
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There were big and small mistakes from the No. 9 Millers — five turnovers in all in addition to costly penalties — and the Hurricanes from Calvert County were too good not to take advantage.Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 30 Nov. 2024
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The grand jury is left alone to deliberate whether probable cause exists.Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Christmas has only existed for a couple thousand years; even creationists admit there was a time before Jesus.Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Subsist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsist. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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