subsisting

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of Subsist

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I have sought to determine... the different relations of bulk, subsisting between the various parts of his frame; and to ascertain how far these relations become modified during his development, what they are in the flower of his age, and in what position they remain up to the instant of decay. Adolphe Quetelet

Life is too short and the world too compassion-starved for you to keep subsisting in situations that drag you down and curtail your potential to help advance the Kingdom. There's just too much at stake. Bill Hybels

Subsisting on a diet drawn from one food group isn't healthy or gratifying. Even eating cupcakes 24/7 eventually would get old! Jenny McCarthy

According to him, the government has since failed to acknowledge the subsisting commercial potential of Opobo. Source: Internet

A dramatic example of the effect of food processing on a population's health is the history of epidemics of beri-beri in people subsisting on polished rice. Source: Internet

In 1952, the Leary family spent a year in Spain, subsisting on a research grant. Source: Internet