manuscript survives
Frequency: 6.43.0 per million words
Used to say that a manuscript still exists after a long time.
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Examples (10)
- Only a few fragments of the ancient manuscript survive today.
- It's remarkable that such a delicate manuscript survived the fire.
- Historians doubted if any original manuscript would survive the war.
- A newly discovered manuscript survives in excellent condition.
- Despite centuries of neglect, parts of the medieval manuscript still survive.
- The rare manuscript surprisingly survived the flood.
- Scholars rejoiced when another manuscript was found to have survived.
- If this manuscript survives, it will change our understanding of the period.
- We can only hope that more such valuable manuscripts survive in private collections.
- The complete manuscript did not survive, but several copies exist.