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alive

[uh-lahyv] / əˈlaɪv /




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These early animals looked very different from anything alive today.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

See also: Micron’s stock bounces back in a big way: ‘The memory trade is alive and well’

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

“We likely see enough progress to keep the foundry alive, with a clear ability to beat-and-raise near term given server CPU shortages.”

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Monday morning’s busy traffic led a German defense analyst to declare, “Kyiv is alive and kicking.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

For longer than I’d been alive, only the right people ever seemed to know about it.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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