The Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Why not call it "surviving," or "discovering," or something at least with a pretense of meaning?. From Wordnik.com. [Bienvenidos a San Blas, a short story] Reference
And all that makes for living and surviving is good. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
Optimism helped Galanti most in surviving his ordeal. From Wordnik.com. [Galanti, Paul E.] Reference
Actually, surviving is too meek a word to describe it. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - No Anna in sight, but women's tennis is still growing] Reference
The real luck of the Irish is in surviving the weather. From Wordnik.com. [Enjoy this ironic holiday.] Reference
Inflexibility in surviving the flux of natural processes?. From Wordnik.com. [Wonk Room » Sotomayor Hearing Live-Blog, Day 3] Reference
To us, this became one of our first lessons in surviving in Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [Dog Friendly Lodging] Reference
We can not possibly think that the same way of surviving is going to work. From Wordnik.com. [Obama urges investment in high-tech education] Reference
Small businesses surviving is an actual issue, not some made-up triviality. From Wordnik.com. [NY: wine in grocery stores - 2010 edition | Dr Vino's wine blog] Reference
I've seen elements of some of EZ's patterns in surviving European knitting. From Wordnik.com. [Jean's Knitting] Reference
There was a large number of trees surviving from the years before the wolves were exterminated. From Wordnik.com. [Do you think that the long term ecological damage caused by exterminating predators or holding them well below their natural pop] Reference
Thiella occupies an important place in surviving partisan women's Resistance myths and memories. From Wordnik.com. [Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity] Reference
Usually, in a lethal force encounter surviving is a luxury that is sought and not always achieved. From Wordnik.com. [The NYPD Needs Your Help!] Reference
It's that seahorse vision that accounts for long-term surviving and thriving: one eye on opportunity, the other on threats. From Wordnik.com. [TraderFeed] Reference
Although she and her husband are pretty hardy in surviving power outages, she said, theirs aren't the only lives to think about. From Wordnik.com. [Potomac residents consider generators] Reference
She also teaches classes in surviving a dysfunctional family, and has taught meditation, human potential and junior high school. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanne Gold biography] Reference
But surviving is not the same as flourishing, and for many people, the tranquility of nature is essential to tranquility of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [The World is Full | Heretical Ideas Magazine] Reference
The only way that the 11 out of 14 franchises losing money are surviving is by the fee kickback that they split up amongst the originals. From Wordnik.com. [Liars' budget and drawings on Paulson stadium deal (Jack Bog's Blog)] Reference
And, certainly, they did some amazing things in surviving the Depression, fighting a truly evil enemy, and then helping to rebuild America. From Wordnik.com. ['No Ordinary Joes' Tells Stories Of Love And War] Reference
One of the basic rules to surviving is to have food and water. From Wordnik.com. [reddit.com: what's new online!] Reference
Curious; that word surviving, like the peak of a submerged world!. From Wordnik.com. [Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History] Reference
On Friday, she recalled surviving the earthquake and its aftermath. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Thursday, August 26, 2004 comrades in expression surviving the zeroes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
And for us, to me what was interesting was the notion of surviving it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2006] Reference
"People are surviving, which is a success, but surviving is not living," he adds. From Wordnik.com. [Mail & Guardian Online] Reference
One month later, Foundation Academy students recall surviving the earthquake in Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
Obama called the surviving person in this case to tell her about the signing of the EO. From Wordnik.com. [Barack Obama Will Decide Who Can Visit You In The Hospital | RedState] Reference
Luckily for us, the show isn’t on FOX, so the chances of it surviving is a little better on ABC. From Wordnik.com. [What to watch: The Premiere of Castle « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more] Reference
It is a little noteworthy too that we do not find St. Patrick's name surviving in any ecclesiastical connection with the. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of St. Declan of Ardmore] Reference
Tears sprung to the 72-year-old's eyes as he recalled surviving cardiac arrest and being able to give thanks this year for his life. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts: News] Reference
Of course, but merely "surviving" isn't much of a goal. From Wordnik.com. [In anticipation of Friday's debate, the NYT sizes up Obama and McCain.] Reference
'80s when the only people making a surviving were the celebrity rock stars. From Wordnik.com. [News Review - Top Stories] Reference
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