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Discover LudwigThe phrase "its very survival" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the existence or continuation of something, often in a challenging or difficult situation. Example: The company's financial crisis threatened its very survival, but with the help of a new CEO, they were able to turn things around and continue operating successfully.
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By 1998 it was fighting for its very survival.
When a regime perceives that its very survival is at stake, it is almost impossible to get it to change its ways through military attacks on its marginal capabilities.
In the course of its history it is listened to by generations of the unlettered, and its success and its very survival depend on how well it satisfies their emotional needs and intellectual interests.
Does it not recognize that it owes its Wall Street leadership position and its very survival to the U.S. government?
The eurozone's cohesion and the success of its necessary structural reforms -- and thus its very survival -- now depend on whether it can overcome its growth deficit.
Now its very survival has been questioned.
Its very survival was in question.
Even its very survival is up in the air.
Israel, he said, worries about its very survival.
Given all that, its very survival is remarkable, its vitality even more so.
Indeed, under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980's, its very survival was in doubt.
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