as in extant
having being at the present time
existing breeds of the turkey that graces our Thanksgiving table are said to bear little resemblance to the gamy birds that the Pilgrims enjoyed
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as in living
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of existing
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The arch support worked overtime for her almost non-existing arches and prevented her shins and feet from feeling pain, an uncomfortable side effect of footwear that’s too flat.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Although inflation stretches the Universe flat and expands any pre-existing particles away from one another, this doesn’t necessarily mean the temperature approaches and asymptotes to absolute zero in short order.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The new and existing home sales reports are fresher and will speak to shelter costs, which are the single largest component of inflation.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
What is striking to me is that over half of those kids hospitalized are healthy children without any pre-existing medical conditions.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adair had just received medical treatment in the jail’s infirmary for a pre-existing leg wound and was in the process of being transported back to his cell when the altercation broke out.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
The basis of the lawsuit is that Suno allegedly infringed upon the copyright of the labels’ catalogs by using pre-existing works to train its technology.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
That’s a good thing for your immune system—vitamin C helps protect existing immune cells and promote the production of new ones, Amidor said.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Define Ventures led the round and was joined by Vanderbilt University, Intermountain Ventures, and existing investors.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
This is a type of artificial intelligence that analyzes existing data to create new content such as text, images, audio and computer code, according to the New York Institute of Technology.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
Chase decided to repurpose an existing golf tournament presented by his workplace, the San Diego Financial Literacy Center, to honor Keri and raise awareness and funds to provide financial and educational assistance to help make screenings available to more people.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Dyson At this point, Dyson products speak for themselves, and by merely existing, the beloved Dyson Airwrap and Dyson Supersonic make every other hair tool jealous.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Cisco’s quantum networking system is built on top of a practical quantum networking chip the company introduced in May, which uses existing fiber optic lines, generates up to 200 million entangled photon pairs per second, and operates at standard telecom wavelengths.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
There are some existing structures and warehouses on land owned by the tech company, and several infrastructure questions have not been answered.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
In July, the Contractor Assistance Program was launched, which provides funding to train and qualify existing or emerging contractors interested in helping those in need of critical home repair.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Media outlets like National Geographic and polar explorers questioned whether some of his claims were embellished (which O'Brady forcefully denied) and criticized the all-land route that included traveling on pre-existing tracks.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
The arch support worked overtime for her almost non-existing arches and prevented her shins and feet from feeling pain, an uncomfortable side effect of footwear that’s too flat.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Although inflation stretches the Universe flat and expands any pre-existing particles away from one another, this doesn’t necessarily mean the temperature approaches and asymptotes to absolute zero in short order.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The new and existing home sales reports are fresher and will speak to shelter costs, which are the single largest component of inflation.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
What is striking to me is that over half of those kids hospitalized are healthy children without any pre-existing medical conditions.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adair had just received medical treatment in the jail’s infirmary for a pre-existing leg wound and was in the process of being transported back to his cell when the altercation broke out.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
The basis of the lawsuit is that Suno allegedly infringed upon the copyright of the labels’ catalogs by using pre-existing works to train its technology.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
That’s a good thing for your immune system—vitamin C helps protect existing immune cells and promote the production of new ones, Amidor said.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
The existing administration building will be extended to accomodate for the education center, archival storage, ADA-compliant bathrooms and a catering kitchen for events like weddings.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Define Ventures led the round and was joined by Vanderbilt University, Intermountain Ventures, and existing investors.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
This is a type of artificial intelligence that analyzes existing data to create new content such as text, images, audio and computer code, according to the New York Institute of Technology.
—Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
Chase decided to repurpose an existing golf tournament presented by his workplace, the San Diego Financial Literacy Center, to honor Keri and raise awareness and funds to provide financial and educational assistance to help make screenings available to more people.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Dyson At this point, Dyson products speak for themselves, and by merely existing, the beloved Dyson Airwrap and Dyson Supersonic make every other hair tool jealous.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Cisco’s quantum networking system is built on top of a practical quantum networking chip the company introduced in May, which uses existing fiber optic lines, generates up to 200 million entangled photon pairs per second, and operates at standard telecom wavelengths.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Oct. 2025
There are some existing structures and warehouses on land owned by the tech company, and several infrastructure questions have not been answered.
—Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
In July, the Contractor Assistance Program was launched, which provides funding to train and qualify existing or emerging contractors interested in helping those in need of critical home repair.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existing
Adjective
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Aside from these extant benchmarks, experts have long debated what an ideal demonstration would look like.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
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Tracking new information about the firm The other challenge for extant directors is to stay abreast of the news, 8-Ks, chatter, or sentiment about the firm between board meetings.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Under the agreement, accepted by both parties this week, Hamas will return all living hostages—believed to be around 20—in exchange for roughly 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and about 1,700 detainees from Gaza.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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Proceeds support the children living at Father Joe’s Villages.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But there have already been reports that these watermarks can be erased, and that Sora 2 has generated fake scenes of a man stuffing a ballot box or of people committing non-existent crimes.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
10 Oct. 2025
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Planet Earth is definitely alive, as an atmospheric analysis would reveal, but signs of complex, differentiated, or intelligent life is non-existent.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Existing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existing. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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