preexisting
adjective
pre·ex·ist·ing
ˌprē-ig-ˈzi-stiŋ 
: existing at an earlier time
a preexisting medical condition
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Citing those two examples is telling: Both are based on existing Disney IP, only emphasizing that the company has become overly reliant on adapting preexisting material, rather than generating new and fresh ideas.
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Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
The company is also highlighting a preexisting eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty for the battery of the vehicle.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
By prohibiting insurance companies from taking preexisting conditions into account when setting rates and by requiring everyone to buy insurance, the act encourages the employee mobility necessary for new business formation.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
The median age is 58, and many who have died had preexisting conditions such as heart disease, obesity or HIV/AIDS.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
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Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
The company is also highlighting a preexisting eight-year, 100,000-mile warranty for the battery of the vehicle.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 30 Sep. 2024
By prohibiting insurance companies from taking preexisting conditions into account when setting rates and by requiring everyone to buy insurance, the act encourages the employee mobility necessary for new business formation.
—Robert Litan, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2014
The median age is 58, and many who have died had preexisting conditions such as heart disease, obesity or HIV/AIDS.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
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preexisting
adjective
pre·ex·ist·ing
ˌprē-ig-ˈzi-stiŋ
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or pre-existing
: existing or present earlier or before a certain point of time
In 1990, over 60 percent of group health insurance plans contained exclusions of coverage for preexisting conditions, signifying the denial of benefits for any illness present at the time the insurance is obtained.—Thomas Bodenheimer, in The New England Journal of Medicine
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