is subsisting
- present progressive of subsist (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Aguilar, who has two young daughters, says his family is subsisting on food banks and relies on donations for rent.
From Salon ● May 2, 2026
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is "subsisting on bread and water" in prison, according to his lawyer.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2023
At that time, the federal coronavirus aid on which the transit agency is subsisting will run out.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 25, 2021
Ms. O’Connor, 32, a paleoclimatologist in Tucson, Ariz., is subsisting on defrosted batches of beans and rice, paired with toast topped with Vegemite, a food spread she grew up on in Australia.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2020
Since therefore God is subsisting being itself, nothing of the perfection of being can be wanting to Him.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
