survives
- present tense form of survive (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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After dating for several years, in 1997 he married NBC-TV correspondent Andrea Mitchell, who survives him.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
What survives in the ashes of McCarthy’s fable is the elemental love that bonds a parent and a child.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
But outreach only pays off if what you’re saying actually survives contact with pushback.
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2026
In the East of England, the insect survives in a handful of locations in Norfolk, near Aylsham, Sheringham and Holt.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
Miraculously it survives the humidity and our moves, with only a few unwarranted archipelagos of gray mold dotting its oceans.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
