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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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But volunteer rescuers refused to give up, even though the chances of survival drops drastically after 72 hours.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

While Iran is suffering mounting economic pain, it is shifting into a survival economy designed to endure it.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The mall’s survival amid the community’s devastation was not without controversy given Caruso’s use of private firefighters to ward off the flames.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

They formed an essential part of the survival strategies that enabled people to live in some of the harshest environments on Earth.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Pained by what he saw as his country's decline, Gordievsky believed that his country's only hope for survival was to lose out to the West and to open itself up to democratic ideas.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

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

They’ll tell and retell their story at family gatherings and online, sharing pictures and news reports of survivals like their own, or far bigger tragedies.

From The Guardian Jul. 13, 2017

The conditions of life in these isolated places are seldom investigated, and yet we find there are some remarkable survivals of old customs and relics of ancient laws.

From Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers by Various




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