live on
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Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on . [Mid-1600s]
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Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years .
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Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death .
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From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
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From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026
Thackeray is said to have drawn from them the inspiration of his "Vanity Fair" essay on "How to Live on Nothing a Year."
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
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