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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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"It's not OK for us to continually be in survival mode."

From BBC Aug. 23, 2026

"One striking finding was the large survival difference between the groups: patients with more natural teeth survived nearly two years longer than those with fewer teeth," Uemura says.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

The owners’ underlying pitch then was that the reserve clause was crucial for the very survival of the game.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

Emery said some of her 40-something patients are now on the list for double lung transplants, their only real hope of survival.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

And more pandas will, hopefully, breed more pandas who will breed more pandas—increasing the chances for survival of the species through sheer numbers.

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

Iberia, too, had execution survivals that resolved in freedom for the executed.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2022

The survivals of the monastic system meanwhile have kept it wholesomely democratic.

From An American at Oxford by John Corbin




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