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
Whatever chemistry is required for incredible players to band together existed immediately, and the remaining outfield players worked hard to support them, defend and create chances to put the ball in behind opponents on counterattacks.
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Josh Gross, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
In the idyllic world of the Wakefield twins, grief barely existed.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Both accept the truth that such rules as have existed have resulted much more from American hard and soft power well exercised than from a Kantian consensus among right-thinking politicians.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The Greens wired together a sock subscription, a YouTube channel, a charity livestream, and direct donations into a pipeline that produced a 166-bed hospital with a NICU where none had existed in the country’s history.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
The discovery widens the door for the possibility that life once existed on Mars, though the scientists stopped short of definitively making that claim.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Portable MP3 players existed since 1998 — three years before the iPod.
—Ioannis Ioannou, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Optimism also existed in spring 2025, during five rounds of indirect talks that preceded the United States bombing of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as part of a broader Israeli attack.
—Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Our Spring 2026 pilot program created nearly 100 internship opportunities in the public and nonprofit sectors that otherwise would not have existed.
—Adam Hasner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Josh Gross, Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
In the idyllic world of the Wakefield twins, grief barely existed.
—Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Both accept the truth that such rules as have existed have resulted much more from American hard and soft power well exercised than from a Kantian consensus among right-thinking politicians.
—Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
The Greens wired together a sock subscription, a YouTube channel, a charity livestream, and direct donations into a pipeline that produced a 166-bed hospital with a NICU where none had existed in the country’s history.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
The discovery widens the door for the possibility that life once existed on Mars, though the scientists stopped short of definitively making that claim.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Portable MP3 players existed since 1998 — three years before the iPod.
—Ioannis Ioannou, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
Optimism also existed in spring 2025, during five rounds of indirect talks that preceded the United States bombing of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as part of a broader Israeli attack.
—Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
Our Spring 2026 pilot program created nearly 100 internship opportunities in the public and nonprofit sectors that otherwise would not have existed.
—Adam Hasner, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existed
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Paperwork from the divorce showed Robert Dorgan lived at the time in Jacksonville, Florida, and was working as a truck driver.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Kim and James Ratcliff have lived next to the property for 25 years and said that WVMA is not following the rules of its current conditional use permit.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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The level and duration of violence depend on a few factors, such as whether there was a succession plan and what kind of alliances are in place with other cartels.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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But when morning came, and there was no snow, skeptical New Englanders treated the workday like business as usual.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Existed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existed. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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