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Examples of subsist
subsist
Residents often subsist on fast food or processed foods from convenience stores.
From the post-gazette.com
The civil rights movement did not subsist on speeches, songs and prayers alone.
From the chron.com
The heaviest of the jackals, it is the only species to subsist outside of Africa.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Likewise, freesheets which subsist solely on advertising are as old as the hills.
From the guardian.co.uk
In Alaska, rural natives need what seems like exorbitant space merely to subsist.
From the time.com
This year's Chargers are better equipped to survive, to subsist and to subdue.
From the signonsandiego.com
The fundamental weakness of an economy that subsist on Consumerism, is volatility.
From the guardian.co.uk
Each is expected to subsist mainly on an annual allowance doled out by the league.
From the time.com
Another 140,000 subsist in refugee camps up and down the Thai-Myanmar border.
From the economist.com
- Exist: support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
- (subsistence) minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence"
- (subsistence) a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"
- (subsistence) the state of existing in reality; having substance
- To survive on a minimum of resources
- (Subsistence) the means of supporting life, usually referring to food and other basic commodities.
- (Subsistence (Meals and Lodging)) Subsistence is an allowance related to lodging, and meal costs and gratuities thereon. General Statute 138-6 provides for allowances to be paid in amounts or rates specified. ...
- (SUBSISTENCE) Daily travel expenses covering meals, taxes, tips for meals and incidental expenses.
- (Subsistence) A reference to basic meal and food requirements.
