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uninterrupted or lasting life
The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.
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Recent Examples of survival
They will be joined by a slate of new additions – Luna Maya, Bryan Domani, Shindy Huang, Myesha Lin and Derby Romero – who play fresh characters entering the story’s zombie-survival universe.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
Alan Diehl, a former investigator for the Air Force Safety Center, said the Strike Eagle has an emergency locator beacon in a survival kit that can be set to activate automatically or manually.
—Sam Mednick, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
However, an oxygen-tank explosion 56 hours after launch scotched those plans and put the mission into survival mode.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The Nets are 18-58 with six games left, starting Friday against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center, and the final stretch has become a mix of survival, evaluation and opportunity.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Apr. 2026
Alan Diehl, a former investigator for the Air Force Safety Center, said the Strike Eagle has an emergency locator beacon in a survival kit that can be set to activate automatically or manually.
—Sam Mednick, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
However, an oxygen-tank explosion 56 hours after launch scotched those plans and put the mission into survival mode.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2026
The Nets are 18-58 with six games left, starting Friday against the Atlanta Hawks at Barclays Center, and the final stretch has become a mix of survival, evaluation and opportunity.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for survival
Noun
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A discussion led by Weeden on native survivance in the face of suppression and colonization will follow.—
Courant Community,
Courant Community,
8 May 2017
Noun
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The sequel gets right to the fun with limitless nods to the game, after the 2023 movie set up the rules of the game—which fans have known for decades—while introducing Mario and Luigi (Charlie Day) to the magical world just beyond their Brooklyn existence.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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But first McCarty needed a sense of how many women were imprisoned at Mabel Bassett for crimes tied to their own abuse — a phenomenon that sentencing-reform advocates call criminalized survivorship.—
Pamela Colloff,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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This year’s luncheon will feature a powerful lineup of speakers whose personal experiences and professional leadership reflect the many dimensions of breast cancer impact from survivorship and advocacy to innovation in care and research.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survival. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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