Subsisting

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of subsist form-of, gerund, participle, present

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beingcurrentexistentexistingextantin force

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"The WFP chief described people subsisting on mud and cactus flowers and hundreds of emaciated children with ripples of sagging skin on their limbs."

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