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as in older
being of advanced years and especially past middle age
that sequoia tree is especially long-lived, having reached an age generally estimated to be at least 3,000 years
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as in long
lasting for a considerable time
much to the relief of his parents, the youth's interest in the piano proved to be long-lived
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Recent Examples of long-lived
The Dead, in particular, would go on to have a fiercely devoted and long-lived fandom, even as the band didn’t enjoy the radio success of the Airplane or Big Brother until 1987’s surprise hit Touch of Grey.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The growth here in America seems to be more long-lived, as sales for the three-month period to the end of September 2024 set a new record in EV deliveries, adds Kelley Blue Book.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
The compound engine, as long-lived as a human heart, labouring in huge, tender, pumping motions—steel gymnastics—the aromas rising as if from a kitchen.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The final shot of the season settles just above the very recognizable ears and wispy white hairs of Yoda, long-lived enough to have seen the Republic at its height before its fall.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
That confinement also sustains the GRS, making the storm extremely long-lived, but its actual age has been an ongoing astronomical enigma.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
The intrepid and long-lived storm is gearing up for its third and final landfall, this time in Texas.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
But that momentum wasn’t long-lived and is starting to slip again, with high interest rates and concerns about the upcoming elections top of mind.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 2 July 2024
Chalk down one of those as Genghis Khan’s, and that leaves ten other men who initiated long-lived and widely spread family trees.
—Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
The growth here in America seems to be more long-lived, as sales for the three-month period to the end of September 2024 set a new record in EV deliveries, adds Kelley Blue Book.
—Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 15 Oct. 2024
The compound engine, as long-lived as a human heart, labouring in huge, tender, pumping motions—steel gymnastics—the aromas rising as if from a kitchen.
—Tomas Tranströmer, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
The final shot of the season settles just above the very recognizable ears and wispy white hairs of Yoda, long-lived enough to have seen the Republic at its height before its fall.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
That confinement also sustains the GRS, making the storm extremely long-lived, but its actual age has been an ongoing astronomical enigma.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
The intrepid and long-lived storm is gearing up for its third and final landfall, this time in Texas.
—Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
But that momentum wasn’t long-lived and is starting to slip again, with high interest rates and concerns about the upcoming elections top of mind.
—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 2 July 2024
Chalk down one of those as Genghis Khan’s, and that leaves ten other men who initiated long-lived and widely spread family trees.
—Laura Clark, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for long-lived
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Claire and Jamie don't get long in Lallybroch before they are separated yet again.Lincee Ray, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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The long battery life and strong suction are big time-savers because the vacuum quickly picks up messes without needing time to recharge.Cai Cramer, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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This surge can be attributed to the increasing elderly population and a preference for in-home care over nursing facilities.Raheel Sheikh, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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In this gentle novel, an elderly widow finds her solitary routine disrupted by a mouse, setting off a sequence of events that reconnects with the larger world.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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The council discussed this development in September but postponed a vote after a lengthy discussion.Pili Saravia, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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One look at the impressively lengthy Salesforce timeline shows deliberate intent to provide higher value to an ever-widening client base.Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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North Korean soldiers were dispersed in Vladivostok, as well as other far eastern cities of Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk and Blagoveshchensk for training last month, according to the NIS.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The city on the far coast was just visible through the haze.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The show skips across the decades, dramatizing the interviews an older Dolours (Maxine Peake) did for a Boston College oral history of the Troubles, which were taped with the promise that they would be released only after participants’ deaths.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, the prospect of citizenships and alliances—and perhaps conquests or crusades—structured around the opinions, beliefs, and subjective identities of ordinary people in times of peace would require a new (or very old) conception of empire.Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 18 Nov. 2024
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Ringside Steakhouse The classic steakhouse on West Burnside is expanding its horizons from aged ribeyes and onion rings.Kale Williams, Axios, 18 Nov. 2024
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Then, in the last months of his presidency, liberal stalwart Ruth Bader Ginsburg died aged 87, allowing a fundamental shift in the Supreme Court makeup.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Long-lived.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/long-lived. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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