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subsist

[suhb-sist] / səbˈsɪst /


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In the wild, wolf packs primarily subsist on wild ungulates - hoofed, typically herbivorous, animals such as deer, cows and pigs.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Per capita disposable income in cities is less than $700 a month, while in the countryside as many as several hundred million people subsist on just a few dollars each day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Those who subsist on the fringes of the Vegas tourism orbit are aware that they are in a funk but are nonetheless powerless to fix it.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

The Lakers instead tried to subsist on Luka Doncic, who scored 43 points, the third-most for a Laker in a season opener and the most since Kobe Bryant’s 45 in 2007.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Just the whisper of an unwillingness to subsist on scraps offered by others.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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