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survival

[ser-vahy-vuhl] / sərˈvaɪ vəl /
NOUN
continuation
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NOUN
something that survives
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NOUN
endurance
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The 10-year survival rates for lymphoma vary based on whether it is Hodgkin lymphoma or non-Hodgkin lymphoma, as well as the stage, your age, and the subtype.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

One of the ways that I make sense of the world and deal is with humor, it’s a survival technique for myself and a lot of people.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

The results revealed that smaller tetraploid cells were associated with worse prognoses and lower survival rates across several cancer types.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The emerging industry has the potential to serve the U.S. military while providing Taiwan with an arsenal that it sees as essential to its survival.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Baby panda cubs are not born with an innate set of survival skills.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh

Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

And there is Van Gogh's At Eternity's Gate - one of the very rare survivals of his first printmaking campaign during which he produced six lithographs in November 1882.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

"The need to study these populations for a possible genetic management study became clear several years back, once there were indications that there were few infant births and even fewer infant survivals."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024

There’s also an ethical problem with pointing to previous survivals as evidence of future resilience.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2016

The use of this base is one of the outer band survivals.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various


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