alive and well
idiom
1
: living and healthy
She found out that her aunt is alive and well and living in Arizona.
2
: still popular : continuing to be used
Many of the old traditions are still alive and well.
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While Southern migrants saw Detroit as a promised land, segregation in the North was alive and well.
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Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Turns out, Mickey's sister Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings) was never missing, but was actually pregnant and alive and well, getting sober while living with the pair's dad (who was also, in a surprise twist, alive).
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Afterwards, a smaller 8-inch model of Herman comes out of bigger Herman’s body alive and well, having heard Keats’ speech.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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Kendra D. Boyd, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Turns out, Mickey's sister Kacey (Ashleigh Cummings) was never missing, but was actually pregnant and alive and well, getting sober while living with the pair's dad (who was also, in a surprise twist, alive).
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 17 Mar. 2025
Afterwards, a smaller 8-inch model of Herman comes out of bigger Herman’s body alive and well, having heard Keats’ speech.
—Skyler Trepel, People.com, 15 Mar. 2025
His legacy is alive and well, though, because people still wax lyrical about his glory days, correlating their youth to his hedonistic ways.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Alive and well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alive%20and%20well. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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