surviving copy

collocation in English

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surviving
adjective[before noun]
uk
/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/
continuing to live ...
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copy
noun
uk
/ˈkɒp.i/us
/ˈkɑː.pi/
something that has been made to be exactly like ...
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(Definition ofsurvivingandcopyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In thesurvivingcopythe rhyming is imperfect and the metre frequently fails.
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Nosurvivingcopyis known of this movie is known despite one has been informed to exist, but not yet located.
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Considered a lost film, nosurvivingcopyis known to exist in any private or public collection.
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The oldestsurvivingcopyof this ballad is from the 17th century.
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Thus, thesurvivingcopymust be a second or a third edition.
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There is no knownsurvivingcopyof the treaties.
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This is considered the bestsurvivingcopy.
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Sebastian has what may be the onlysurvivingcopy.
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After many years in preparation this latter title appeared in 1542 and two of the three surviving copies are printed on vellum.
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Maps based on the few surviving copies or maps redrawn from the coordinates in the text have been re-added to medieval copies of the work.
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It is sometimes claimed the photo was doctored to make the student resemble the crown prince, but all known surviving copies are identical.
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An examination of approximately 45 surviving copies of his journal revealed over 250 titles published by him, though these were not all his own compositions.
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The print for the film was lost in a fire, and there are no surviving copies.
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After the original was lost, there was only a scarce amount of surviving copies rewritten by hand.
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No one has been able to determine for whom these two labels were intended, since many surviving copies are in new condition.
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An extraordinarily large number of copies must have been printed, judging by how frequently surviving copies are met with in the second hand book trade.
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All surviving copies and fragments are on vellum, and it is not known if any paper copies were printed.
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Surviving scholars in the direct line of transmission of these books got hold of surviving copies and transliterated them into the new orthography.
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This incident is not in the surviving copies of the manuscript.
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All told, this information encompasses approximately 350,000 editions and around 1.5 million surviving copies, located in over 5,000 libraries worldwide.
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