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. 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 See All Example Sentences for life-sustaining

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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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