as in survivance
uninterrupted or lasting life
The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.
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Recent Examples of survival
More than the momentous home runs, the energetic walk-offs and the champagne celebrations, Major League Baseball is about the survival of the daily grind.
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Another new study presented at the ASCO conference on Sunday found that anti-inflammatory diets also helped improve survival rates for people with stage 3 colon cancer.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
Here, decision-making whether to continue or withdraw support may depend on many factors, such as the stage of pregnancy, risk of clinical complications, and chance of fetal survival.
—Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
My only focus was survival, and that meant finding a way out of the hell of active heroin addiction.
—Ryan Hampton, Time, 28 May 2025
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Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Another new study presented at the ASCO conference on Sunday found that anti-inflammatory diets also helped improve survival rates for people with stage 3 colon cancer.
—Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 1 June 2025
Here, decision-making whether to continue or withdraw support may depend on many factors, such as the stage of pregnancy, risk of clinical complications, and chance of fetal survival.
—Katherine Drabiak, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 June 2025
My only focus was survival, and that meant finding a way out of the hell of active heroin addiction.
—Ryan Hampton, Time, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for survival
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Others choose to merge—adopting neural implants, integrating with machine intelligence, or transitioning into post-biological existence.—
Robert B. Tucker,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Now three years into its existence, the ways to honor this federal holiday are evolving – especially given rapid challenges to civil rights, social justice and how diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are being rolled back.—
Lisa Vernon Sparks,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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That idea of Gotham survivorship was the main point of the musical (which was adapted from a Federico Fellini movie that had been much heavier on the tragic pathos).—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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However, this represents a classic survivorship bias that focuses only on those rare successes while ignoring the thousands of failures that never make the headlines.—
Dmitry Malin,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survival. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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