survive complete
Frequency: 4.51.2 per million words
to remain intact or whole, especially of historical documents or artifacts
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Examples (10)
- The book survives complete only in the second edition of 1533.
- It's remarkable that the ancient Roman vase managed to survive complete after centuries buried underground.
- Few manuscripts from that period have survived complete; most are just fragments.
- The dinosaur skeleton is the only one of its kind known to have survived complete.
- The original director's cut of the film did not survive complete, with several reels being lost in a fire.
- Despite the numerous earthquakes, the ancient temple has survived remarkably complete.
- The set of royal jewels was stolen, but thankfully it was recovered and had survived complete.
- Historians were thrilled to discover that the personal diary of the queen had survived complete.
- Against all odds, the fragile fresco survives complete on the monastery wall.
- If this ancient text were to survive complete, it would rewrite history.