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Obviously, plenty of infants throughout history have subsisted on food that is neither human breast milk nor store-bought formula.

From Slate • May 19, 2022

She would have subsisted on small mammals, insects, cactus fruit, and lizards.

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2022

British farmers, like their counterparts elsewhere in Europe, have subsisted for three generations on subsidies.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2021

Though the 300 ethnic Dai inhabitants of Mandian village have subsisted comfortably off the forest for years, they are now unwilling to risk being fined, residents said.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2021

This nomination was warmly supported by William, between whom and the count a perfectly good understanding seems to have subsisted, in spite of the efforts of the Cardinalists to revive their ancient feelings of jealousy.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling