surviving

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To prevent total loss, seeds were collected from the strongest surviving population and cultivated at Kew, establishing a secure seed stock for future restoration without further pressure on wild plants.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Under federal law, employers are generally required to pay out workplace retirement accounts to a surviving spouse, or the last recorded beneficiary if the spouse has signed a waiver forgoing the funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Are you concerned about the tax burden on the surviving spouse if the other spouse dies?

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

The museum is meticulously restored to reflect the years that the surviving children — Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell, the only son — were young adults.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

At first, the shocked ground crew waiting back at the intermediate airfield had no way of knowing who’d been killed until the surviving aircraft returned.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein