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Discover LudwigThe phrase "am existing on" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in a context where someone is trying to express their current state of being or presence in a particular situation or platform.
Example: "I feel like I am existing on a different plane of reality when I meditate."
Alternatives: "I am present on" or "I exist in".
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I am existing on sheer force of will.
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"Last year we were existing on the bare essentials".
I was existing on a balance of Starbucks and weed," he says while rolling a joint.
Having left my job "voluntarily", I was existing on less than £10 a week.
"But when we are at a cheerleading competition and cheerleading is existing on its own, it's its own entity.
He's looking for some rest, but his guilt is overwhelming and, besides, he's existing on Fanta and Jammie Dodgers and cheap cheesecake, so there is no rest".
He had a variety of jobs and so did she, but it wasn't long before she was existing on benefits.
At her worst, she was existing on 25 shots of heroin a day – after a friend had got her into an NHS drug programme.
As some had been existing on the exiguous salaries paid by opposition parties to their advisers, this led to some obvious inequities.
When I saw her run toward me with the look of a girl who had been existing on nothing but a diet of sun and fun for three and a half weeks my worries evaporated.
Wall Street and Main Street might as well be existing on different planets.
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