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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This satisfies the id-in-chief while ensuring U.S. aid delivers life-sustaining support to tens of millions.
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Sean P. Brooks, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
If Medicaid expansion is cut, more people will be forced into unregulated and risky networks to obtain life-sustaining medicine.
—Tony Christiano, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Consequences of lack of trust For the family, withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatments from a dying loved one, even if doctors advise that the treatment is unlikely to succeed or benefit the patient, can be overwhelming and painful.
—Daniel T. Kim, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
At these shows, viewers largely cut off from nature’s magic were prompted to marvel at its beauty and appreciate its life-sustaining work.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Sean P. Brooks, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2025
If Medicaid expansion is cut, more people will be forced into unregulated and risky networks to obtain life-sustaining medicine.
—Tony Christiano, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
Consequences of lack of trust For the family, withdrawing or withholding life-sustaining treatments from a dying loved one, even if doctors advise that the treatment is unlikely to succeed or benefit the patient, can be overwhelming and painful.
—Daniel T. Kim, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
At these shows, viewers largely cut off from nature’s magic were prompted to marvel at its beauty and appreciate its life-sustaining work.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Life-sustaining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/life-sustaining. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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