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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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Cease your practice of copying tour pros, who have turned golf into survival of the finickiest by adhering to preshot routines that violate loitering laws in most states.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

While reducing fat is beneficial, maintaining lean mass is also critical for overall health and survival.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Her children are creepily strange and familiar at once, body-snatchers whose survival skills far outpace her own.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Its founder Ella Rauen-Prestes said after years of steady growth, the focus right now was "simply survival".

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

You will also read of the many ways in which Native nations and communities have fought for their survival.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz