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The phrase "survived on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe how someone or something has continued to live or exist by relying on a particular resource or sustenance.
Example: "During the harsh winter, the family survived on whatever food they could find."
Alternatives: "lived on" or "subsisted on".
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The family survived on one meager meal a day.
Plastic hearts buy people time - the longest a patient has survived on one is three years.
It was a lucrative scam, one he could have survived on for quite a while.
All flies except the ones derived from Df 3R ED7665 survived on 4% sucrose.
She survived on that money.
Some of them survived on government aid.
And that was what she survived on.
"In college, I survived on popcorn".
"No system has survived on only paper for currency".
"Sport has survived on mediocrity with no accountability.
Traditionally, the islanders survived on fishing and sealhunting.
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