alive and well
idiom
1
: living and healthy
She found out that her aunt is alive and well and living in Arizona.
2
: still popular : continuing to be used
Many of the old traditions are still alive and well.
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That’s a sign that the hand-me-down nature of music – where the sound of one generation is incorporated and reinterpreted by the next – is alive and well.
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 July 2025
The 2025 Prime Day sale officially begins on Tuesday, July 8, but the early deals are already alive and well.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 July 2025
But the aspiration is alive and well for the 379,000 U.S. citizens who became millionaires last year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 June 2025
The message: The mythic summer blockbuster is alive and well, but is someone missing from the party?
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
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Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 July 2025
The 2025 Prime Day sale officially begins on Tuesday, July 8, but the early deals are already alive and well.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 7 July 2025
But the aspiration is alive and well for the 379,000 U.S. citizens who became millionaires last year.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 25 June 2025
The message: The mythic summer blockbuster is alive and well, but is someone missing from the party?
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 10 July 2025
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“Alive and well.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alive%20and%20well. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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