as in to live
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of exist
Local planning agencies across the state are wrestling with how to zone data center projects under existing codes, and utilities are rushing to meet expected demand.
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Indeed, election law experts say that for Democrats, a worst case-scenario could mean a loss of as many as 19 congressional seats if, as seems likely, the court rules against the existing understanding of the federal election law.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
But as big a deal as YouTube becoming a league broadcast partner would be (on top of its existing $2 billion deal for NFL Sunday Ticket), the platform’s scale and cultural relevance were also on display in Santa Clara.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
What’s next for the Robot Phone For now, the Robot Phone exists only as a concept in a CGI video.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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Connor Giffin, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Indeed, election law experts say that for Democrats, a worst case-scenario could mean a loss of as many as 19 congressional seats if, as seems likely, the court rules against the existing understanding of the federal election law.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
But as big a deal as YouTube becoming a league broadcast partner would be (on top of its existing $2 billion deal for NFL Sunday Ticket), the platform’s scale and cultural relevance were also on display in Santa Clara.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
What’s next for the Robot Phone For now, the Robot Phone exists only as a concept in a CGI video.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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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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In January, the US president exerted decisive pressure on Netanyahu to accept a deal that brought 30 of the living hostages and eight deceased hostages home.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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There is no minimum size requirement on any fish.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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Shanahan said the plan was for Pinnock to play big nickel against the Buccaneers but that there weren’t any scenarios for that alignment during the game.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Exist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exist. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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