survival

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The Geneva Conventions governing the laws of war, agreed following World War II, prohibit destruction of "objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population."

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Each side is effectively building a survival kit for a future where they don’t need the other as much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The comic, who has also been a Door Guy at the Comedy Store, was told that his rare cancer has a low survival rate, five years.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It is financing holidays, smartphones, school fees and hospital bills - consumption and survival, not investment.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Consequently, we need to think of science as being the result of an evolutionary process where good science has had, over the last five centuries, a better prospect of survival than bad science.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton