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Subsistence

Real being; existence.

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Being 76% connected

of Be

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Endurance 76% connected

A state or quality of lasting or duration; lastingness; continuance.

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Existence 76% connected

The state of existing or being; actual possession of being; continuance in being; as, the existence of body and of soul in union; the separate existe…

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Livelihood 76% connected

Subsistence or living, as dependent on some means of support; support of life; maintenance.

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Living 76% connected

of Live

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Support 76% connected

To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Survival 76% connected

A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving.

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Sustenance 76% connected

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

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Live 74% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Live 74% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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