surviving

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Social Security comes with a survivorship clause, meaning that when the spouse getting the higher Social Security payments dies, the surviving spouse can trade up and get the higher of the two payments.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

Some Washington reporters left the event shaken, while some were convinced they were heroes for surviving.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

For example, bank accounts owned by joint tenants with right of survivorship will automatically pass to the surviving account holder, no matter what the will says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Nedra Talley Ross, the last surviving member of the 1960s “Be My Baby” girl group the Ronettes, died Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Exactly what happened next, as far as Galileo was concerned, has been a matter of dispute among historians, because there is some ambiguity in the surviving records.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin