alive to
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The government is alive to these issues; its strategy document is peppered with words like "responsible" and "ethical" when it comes to the use of AI.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
“It’s heartbreaking for her to see this, but thankfully, she’s alive to see it,” Parente said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
“I want everyone alive to have free, clean water, food, healthcare, education, shelter/housing, and have more time to pursue passions and hobbies. Is that really so radical??”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Her fiction, so alive to sensory experience and the interior struggles of the mind and heart, helped extend the literary tradition of Virginia Woolf, a modernist whom Welty deeply admired.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
Mariam wished her mother were alive to see this.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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