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surviving

adjective B1
  1. Continuing to live or to exist. · The legacy was divided among the surviving children of the deceased.
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‘Erected in the fifth year of the reign of James I, and standing upon the site of a much older building, the Manor House of Birlstone presents one of the finest surviving examples of the moated Jacobean residence—’”
The Valley of Fear, p. 81 · C1
They meticulously analyzed panoramic sketches of the London skyline and scrutinized surviving building contracts from similar playhouses of that period.
Resurrecting the Wooden O, p. 1 · C1

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