as in lived
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of existed
Now, industry eyerolling at the thought of listening faster has existed since the majority of audio storytelling moved from terrestrial radio—where there’s no skipping, scrubbing forward or backward, and certainly no way to speed things up—to podcasting.
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Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Cases like Abu Akleh’s perpetuate and fuel a vicious, global crisis of impunity that existed before her murder, and has continued in her wake.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Impersonation scams have always existed, but now with easily accessible deepfake tools, such scams are becoming way more prevalent and complicated to spot.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
But five months ago, Skonberg didn’t even know verticals existed.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
This has only really been successfully done by Philippe Dufour in his Duality watch, even though the concept has existed for decades.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The Sockers existed in other iterations of the league and have won four championships since the 2011-12 season.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Soho House has always existed as something of an enigma to me.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Indie sleaze, the hallucination of a 2000s seedy-chic genre that never fully existed, is in vogue.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Cases like Abu Akleh’s perpetuate and fuel a vicious, global crisis of impunity that existed before her murder, and has continued in her wake.
—Scott Griffen, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Impersonation scams have always existed, but now with easily accessible deepfake tools, such scams are becoming way more prevalent and complicated to spot.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
But five months ago, Skonberg didn’t even know verticals existed.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
This has only really been successfully done by Philippe Dufour in his Duality watch, even though the concept has existed for decades.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
The Sockers existed in other iterations of the league and have won four championships since the 2011-12 season.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Soho House has always existed as something of an enigma to me.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existed
Verb
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One of those neighbors was Lat Williams, who has lived full-time on the same stretch of beach as Morgan and Dodick for decades.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Billionaire Hushang Ansary has lived his life at the junction of money and power.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then too there was a whole other set of incentives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Hell there was even a cartoon about it.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Existed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existed. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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