as in survivance
uninterrupted or lasting life
The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.
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Median overall survival was 10.1 months for patients treated with nemvaleukin in combination with pembrolizumab and 9.8 months for patients treated with investigator’s choice chemotherapy (hazard ratio: 0.98).
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Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The calculus by which universities seem to be making concessions—give a little to hold onto a lot; survival is the principle that makes all other principles possible—appears also to guide institutions such as the legislature and Big Law.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
Now that survival in the top flight is all but secured thanks to a four-game unbeaten run, Wolves fans can begin to turn their attention to the future.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Under Josef Stalin, academic survival depended less on scholarly merit than on conformity to official doctrine.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
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Joe Cornell, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
The calculus by which universities seem to be making concessions—give a little to hold onto a lot; survival is the principle that makes all other principles possible—appears also to guide institutions such as the legislature and Big Law.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
Now that survival in the top flight is all but secured thanks to a four-game unbeaten run, Wolves fans can begin to turn their attention to the future.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Under Josef Stalin, academic survival depended less on scholarly merit than on conformity to official doctrine.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for survival
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“Survival.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/survival. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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