SUBSISTED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

subsisted

verb

past tense of subsist

as in lived

to have life a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist

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Recent Examples of subsisted Prior to their local extinction in the 1920s, gray wolves in California subsisted mostly on mule deer and elk, state biologists say. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026 Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026

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For many younger Cubans, Castro remains an icon, but his influence is less immediate for them than for older generations who lived under his leadership.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Rahe lived near the site on the edge of his native small town of Dyersville, with convenient access by way of a back road the Universal Studios crew had made just for the movie shoot.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of lived

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On the flip side, when there was a flood in the lobby, one creator, who happened to be there, posted on social media.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Despite Villa reaching their zenith under Emery in May, there was a growing argument to undergo a stable transitional phase, providing youthful impetus and appearing proactive, rather than reactive, in lowering the age of the squad.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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Some of the smallest, reddest galaxies in the image existed when the universe was only about 800 million years old, turning one seemingly empty patch of sky into a window through cosmic history.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

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