subsist on

phrasal verb

subsisted on; subsisting on; subsists on
: to use (something) as a way to stay alive : to live on (something)
poor people subsisting on just one or two dollars a day
The villagers subsist almost entirely on rice and fish.
(humorous) My brother subsists on pizza.

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Although streaming is perhaps the future of sports broadcasting and television more broadly, no RSN today, not even one in a big market like New York, can subsist on streaming revenue alone. Evan Drellich, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025 Indeed, things got so bad that at one point Hawk put himself on a $5-a-day food budget, subsisting on Taco Bell, ramen and peanut butter. Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025 Although joblessness data has shown some improvement in recent months, millions of college graduates have been pushed into accepting low-paying work or even subsisting on their parents’ pensions. Reuters, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025 Histories of eating disorders often begin with anorexia mirabilis (the holy loss of appetite), a medieval phenomenon of fasting saints who subsisted on little more than the Eucharist. Anna Shechtman, Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for subsist on

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“Subsist on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsist%20on. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.

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