Live
Live verb - To have a home.
Obtain
Obtain verb - To receive as return for effort.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The band name is derived from a liquor store close to where the band members used to live; whoever's job it was to obtain booze was making the "Silversun Pickup," as it was called.
Source: Music / Silversun Pickups -
Live Item: The buddy-bug, whom you obtain via walnut just like the inanimate powerups and who acts as a long-range missile.
Source: Video Game / Bugdom -
They can either be used in research that requires live specimens or to obtain one-shot bonuses, such as cash, nanites, or advinite.
Source: Video Game / X-Mercs
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Obtain and Live. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/obtain
Live & Obtain. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/obtain>.
Obtain or Live. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/live/obtain.
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