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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Subsisting
Synonyms for "subsisting" (35 found)
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Noun(13 words)
in force rightlivelihoodpersistpersistencepersistingrelyremainself supportingsubsistencesubsistence basedsurvivalsurvivingvalid
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18 entriesbeingconditioncontinuationeconomic lifestyleenforceabilityentitlementexistenceexisting rightlegal statuslegalityobligationphenomenonprocessrightstatestate of being
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Collocations
12 entriessubsistence agriculturesubsistence economysubsistence farmingsubsistence levelsubsistence livingsubsistence wagesubsisting communitiessubsisting dietsubsisting farmerssubsisting on resourcessubsisting organismssubsisting population
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To be a Monarchist in 1795, among the shopkeepers of Paris or the farmers of Normandy, meant no more than to wish for a political system capable of subsisting for twelve months together, and resting on some other basis than forced loans and compulsory sales of property.
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