the living

noun

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

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Springtime sunshine is coming through the double exposure of the living room, casting big blocks of natural light across the walls and over a couch that’s piled with blankets and sheets, because today must be laundry day. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025 Twenty-two-foot ceilings lift the living room into cathedral-like scale, a lofted workstation perched overhead like a director on a crane. Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 Photo : Mike Kelley A wall glass slides open to connect the living to the swimming pool. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2025 The home is accessed through double glass doors into the living room. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 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 2 May. 2025.

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