the living

noun

: people who are alive
the living and the dead
The world belongs to the living.

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Kenney then went inside his home and wanted to continue watching the game in the living room, where his wife Crystal was, Judd said. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025 Choose between one bedroom and one living room, or utilize the living room space to add up to an additional three bedrooms in the house. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2025 My 4-year-old is constantly asking to play with her new toys, which are now stacked all over the living room, waiting for a permanent place in our already cluttered home. Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 26 Dec. 2025 There was Will’s (Noah Schnapp) emotional coming out scene, Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) and Nancy’s (Natalia Dyer) cathartic breakup scene, Max’s (Sadie Sink) epic return to the world of the living and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and so much more. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the living

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“The living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20living. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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