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Recent Examples of live
Verb
Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025 Why not live offshore, bobbing in a libertarian commune free from burdensome social obligations, such as taxes? Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The order affects approximately 80 live markets in and around New York City, said Elizabeth Wolters, deputy commissioner for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025 On an airstrip, the hangars stood empty, but some still contained crates of live Russian munitions. Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for live 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for live
Verb
  • The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker residing in Munich on a valid residence permit, police said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • There’s nary a quarterback until the No. 15 slot, where Cam Ward resides.
    Chris Branch, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • With fentanyl, there is only a short window of time to intervene and save a person’s life during an overdose.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
  • There is a broken down vehicle on Eastern Avenue between Raytown Road and I-435 South.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Under Proposition 309, voters casting mail-in ballots could provide a driver's license or non-operating identification license number, the last four digits of a social security number, or a unique identifying number provided by the secretary of state for voter registration purposes.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The adjusted net income decreased by 8% y-o-y to $3.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022 due to higher expenses as a % of revenues and lower non-operating income.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
Verb
  • The developers didn’t want to dwell on the hazards.
    Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
  • His ability to call plays — while not having to dwell on them — provides an edge many other coaches don’t have.
    Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Is the Severance procedure meant to enhance a practice that already exists?
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
  • Does each conversion then require its own five-year waiting period or will anything in the existing Roth now qualify to be withdrawn at any time?
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The problem prompted an engineering investigation in parallel with the Space Force's certification process, which required two successful flights before clearing Vulcan for operational service.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The Starlink satellite constellation — the largest ever launched — currently has more than 6,900 operational spacecraft, according to astrophysicist and satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.
    Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Another 14 hostages are supposed to be released in the next two weeks as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal, six of them are alive.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
  • When Walter started writing, my mother was still alive.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Above all, efficiency — that is the operative word that will help transform the federal government from a hulking, bloated bureaucracy into a nimble machine, like swapping a 1995 Compaq desktop PC for a 2025 MacBook Pro.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
  • The operative word is slightly; don’t digress into the weeds.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Live.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/live. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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