I think we should improve existent parks rather than create new ones.
to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens, from present participle of Latin existere, exsistere "to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being" (Late Latin, "to have real being, be, be present") — more at exist
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