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live as

VERB
personify
Synonyms
STRONGEST
act out embody epitomize exemplify illustrate incarnate manifest symbolize typify
STRONG
contain copy express exteriorize externalize humanize image imitate impersonate materialize mirror objectify substantiate
WEAK
body forth emblematize hominify make human personize
Antonyms
STRONGEST
obscure
STRONG
be original differ oppose reverse

Example Sentences

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"I just want to live as I want," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

In the live, as the members sit around a table of food with a Christmas tree in the background, talk turns to how 2025 is ending and the new year is around the corner.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Follow along live as we wait to hear the words “And the Oscar goes to … ”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Forever it will live as instant happiness, a bad-mood buster: Alysa Liu’s climactic, wildly charismatic free skate at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

But no peoples still live as hunter-gatherers in the New Guinea highlands; all modern highlanders are instead farmers who use wild foods only to supplement their diets.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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