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Synonyms living


the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil.
the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania.

Examples of surviving

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They might be the last surviving humans and have a duty to repopulate the world.
From the thenewstribune.com
He thinks what he has set in train has a good chance of surviving his departure.
From the newsweek.com
Watch him in action and you can chart the rules of surviving any schmooze-athon.
From the variety.com
The sole surviving Audi swapped the lead with the Peugeots throughout the night.
From the theepochtimes.com
It's all about surviving the hideous damage being done to the planet by The Man.
From the guardian.co.uk
The ten other surviving members of the Chappaquiddick party could be subpoenaed.
From the time.com
It was valid, except that the mother's death certificate showed a surviving son.
From the sacbee.com
The two surviving victims with the most serious injuries are Von Maur employees.
From the omaha.com
Last week, we rode on the most elegant of Colorado's surviving passenger trains.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
  • Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
  • 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"
  • Outlive: live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
  • (survival) a state of surviving; remaining alive
  • (survival) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
  • Escape from Atlantis is a board game that portrays the sinking of Atlantis and the attempts by the population to escape the sinking island. It was originally released in the USA under the title of Survive! and first published in the English language by Parker Brothers in 1982. Survive! ...
  • Survive is the ninth studio album by Japanese rock band B'z. The album sold 1,040,160 copies in its first week, lower than their last studio album, the album still mamaged to sell over 1,723,030 copies.
  • "Survive" is a song and single written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for the album hours... in 1999.