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subsist on something

to exist on something; to stay alive on something. We can barely subsist on this amount of money. We need more! They are able to do no more than subsist on what Mrs. Harris is paid.

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This book profiles all of Florida's bromeliads, explains how they manage to subsist on larger woody hosts without operating as parasites, and discusses why they have attracted attention from plant scientists interested in stress physiology and unusual lifestyles. Native bromeliads of Florida by SciTech Book News People subsist on a cultural diet of white bread without the crusts" - Jonathan Mills, director of the Edinburgh Festival. They say by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) 00 Paperback DS493 The Raute people of western Nepal, who call themselves "kings of the forest," are a society of nomadic hunter-gatherers who subsist on langur and macaque monkeys, wild yams, and rice traded from local farmers. Kings of the forest; the cultural resilience of Himalayan ... by Reference & Research Book News			stuff with stuffing stumble stumble across stumble into stumble on stumble over stumble through stumbling block stump stump for style sub for subdivide into subject subject to subjugate to sublime submerge submerge in submerge under submit to subordinate to subpoena to do subscribe to subsist on substance substitute substitute for subtract from succeed succeed as succeed at succeed in succeed to success succumb to such such and such such as such as it is Such is life Such is life! suck suck brew suck down suck from suck hind tit suck in suck into suck it and see			subsidizing subsidizing subsidizing subsidy subsidy subsidy subsidy Subsidy Capital Financing Requirement Subsidy Dependence Index Subsidy publishers Subsidy publishing subsieve analysis subsieve fraction subsigmoid fossa subsigmoid fossa subsigmoid fossa Subsign Subsignation Subsigno Veneni Subsilicate subsill subsine function subsinuosal groove subsinuosal groove subsinuosal groove SUBSIS subsist subsist subsist subsist of subsist on subsisted subsisted subsistence subsistence subsistence subsistence Subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture subsistence allowance subsistence allowances Subsistence and Travel Subsistence Department Subsistence Expense Allowance subsistence farming subsistence farming Subsistence Financial System subsistence level subsistence level subsistence levels subsistence levels subsistence money subsistence moneys Subsistence Operations Review Board Subsistence Prime Vendor Subsistence Prime Vendor Interpreter Subsistence theory of wages Subsistence Total Order and Receipt Electronic System subsistence wage subsistence wage subsistence wages

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