subsisting in English

verb
1
maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level.
thousands of refugees subsist on international handouts
synonyms:survivelivestay aliveexisteke out an existencesupport oneselfmanageget along/bymake (both) ends meet
2
remain in being, force, or effect.
The fiduciary relationship which subsists between solicitor and client comes to an end with the termination of the retainer.
synonyms:continuelastpersistendureprevailcarry onremain
verb

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1. Ashcraft survived 41 days Adrift in the Pacific, subsisting on peanut butter and willpower, before she approached Hilo, Hawaii and was picked up by …

2. From 100 million to 150 million surplus rural workers are adrift between the villages and the cities, many subsisting through part-time, low-paying jobs.

3. Typical of the Plains Indians in many aspects of their culture, the Blackfoot, also known as Blackfeet, were nomadic hunter-gatherers, living in teepees and subsisting primarily on buffalo and gathered vegetable foods

4. The Aardwolf (Proteles cristata) is an African carnivore of the family Hyaenidae.The smallest member of that family, the Aardwolf differs immediately from its bone-crushing, carrion-eating relatives by subsisting on a diet of termites.

5. The call for the congress included these remarks: To discuss, in the light of science and modern conscience, the general relations subsisting between the peoples of the West and those of the East, between the so-called "white" and the so-called "colored" peoples, with a view to encouraging between them a fuller understanding, the most friendly feelings, and the heartier co-operation.... The interchange of material and other wealth between the races of mankind has of late years assumed such dimensions that the old attitude of distrust and aloofness is giving way to a genuine desire for a closer acquaintanceship.