life-sustaining

adjective

: helping someone or something to stay alive : supporting or extending life
life-sustaining medical treatment
The storm brought life-sustaining rain/water to the farms.

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Africa’s young population is often touted as one of the continent’s greatest economic assets, but the employment market is failing to provide them with good, life-sustaining jobs, the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) said. — Paige Bruton, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The mission is the newest generation of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment — or GRACE — which tracks the movement and storage of Earth’s life-sustaining water, and has documented declining aquifers, melting ice sheets and rising sea levels. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 Police said hospital staff told them the child died after life-sustaining measures were withdrawn. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026 Under the law, once a patient is declared brain-dead, a hospital can withdraw life-sustaining measures. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for life-sustaining

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