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"To continue to be produced."
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"(theater, of a play) To continue to be produced."
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"ref": "1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 764",
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"(idiomatic) To dominate a debate or field of interest; to be the main subject of attention."
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