as in to live
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Sometimes the transition isn’t about an entire lifestyle change, but about adding weight lifting and other strength building techniques into your existing workouts, like yoga or Pilates.
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Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
But Kennedy has strong views about food and has made no secret of his disdain for the existing guidelines.
—Will Stone, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
There is no effect on your credit score or existing accounts.
—David McMillin, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
One figure existed only in a work of fiction.
—Peter Mendelsund, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
But Kennedy has strong views about food and has made no secret of his disdain for the existing guidelines.
—Will Stone, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
There is no effect on your credit score or existing accounts.
—David McMillin, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
One figure existed only in a work of fiction.
—Peter Mendelsund, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
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About 20 living hostages remain captive in desperate conditions, Israeli officials say, and about 25 more are believed to have died, but their bodies have not been returned to their families.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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But those who depend on the status to live and work in the United States decried the development.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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There were a number of turning points that went against the Chiefs.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Oct. 2025
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Then there are the stars at every position — the players who finish most of their possessions scoring out of ball screens, isolations and post ups.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Exist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exist. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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