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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsisted
  1. lived
  2. was
  3. existed
Verb
  • That obviously had a lot of consequences for the Native Americans who lived there.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee has lived at the home for more than four decades, according to the listing held by Keller Williams Everett's Jeannette Harpole.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
Definition of lived
Verb
  • There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
  • There was the majestic no-doubter that landed more than halfway up the left-field bleachers, a majestic blast that evoked memories of Andrés Galarraga.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Definition of was
Verb
  • His Commentaries became foundational reading for nineteenth-century lawyers, emphasizing that law existed to preserve constitutional government, private rights, and public confidence in legal institutions.
    — Joseph Andrew, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • Instead, colonial watchmaking existed largely as finishing and assembly rather than complete manufacture.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 July 2026
Definition of existed

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