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survival

[ser-vahy-vuhl] / sərˈvaɪ vəl /
NOUN
continuation
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NOUN
something that survives
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NOUN
endurance
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“Could we consider that the survival of our closest partners may be put at risk without it affecting our vital interests?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma has a low survival rate, largely because it is often discovered only after the disease has advanced.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Since 2016, it has been replanted in the uplands, with surveys showing "encouraging survival and growth".

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Although the results are consistent with a possible connection between language and survival, they do not establish that evolutionary pressures directly caused the safety bias.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

He had accomplished one of the most spectacular feats of survival ever recorded, and he was celebrated on every continent.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Most existing Celtic objects—found in bogs and burial mounds—are durable works in stone, bone, glass, metal and terracotta with rare survivals in wood, leather and cloth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

And there is Van Gogh's At Eternity's Gate - one of the very rare survivals of his first printmaking campaign during which he produced six lithographs in November 1882.

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2025

"The need to study these populations for a possible genetic management study became clear several years back, once there were indications that there were few infant births and even fewer infant survivals."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2024

There’s also an ethical problem with pointing to previous survivals as evidence of future resilience.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2016

Here the survivals of the old outer language are stronger still.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various


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