survival
Example Sentences
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Samples exposed to 2.4 GPa began to show ruptured membranes, but the structure of the bacterium’s cell envelope help explain the survival of 60% of microbes.
From Science Daily
Any new leader will have to calculate whether regime survival will be ensured by continuing to fight - or, alternatively, talking and effectively giving in to US demands.
From BBC
He leaves behind a system with no obvious successor, largely by design, and an Islamic Republic in a fight for survival.
But the huge security apparatus they oversaw to ensure the regime’s survival is still intact.
For a few seconds, Burnley fans were celebrating what looked like being one of the Premier League's greatest ever comebacks - and new hope of a miraculous survival.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
