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
Long before supermarkets existed (and even before refrigeration existed), markets were gathering places where locals went to buy fresh fruit and vegetables, fish, meat, cheeses, and much more.
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Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
For biotech founders and investors, that creates a stronger exit market than existed a year or two ago – but not necessarily a simple one.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Iran had not charged tolls on the Strait of Hormuz before the war, meaning the deal largely restores conditions that existed before it.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Widow’s Bay has its own such killer in the form of the Boogeyman, a kind of amalgamation of Halloween’s Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, the killer found in (most of) the Friday the 13th movies (a series that almost certainly wouldn’t have existed without the success of Carpenter’s Halloween).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Similar nonprofits have existed since the 1980s.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Robbins Lumber's websites describes the company as a high-tech lumber manufacturer that has existed for more than a century.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
Appointments, scans and medications can dominate daily life, leaving little room for the relationship that existed before the diagnosis.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
And so the Mahjong Project was born, her effort to document her Chinese New Zealand family’s mah-jongg rules, which existed primarily as oral traditions, and to gather other variations from across the Asian diaspora.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
For biotech founders and investors, that creates a stronger exit market than existed a year or two ago – but not necessarily a simple one.
—Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Iran had not charged tolls on the Strait of Hormuz before the war, meaning the deal largely restores conditions that existed before it.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 15 June 2026
Widow’s Bay has its own such killer in the form of the Boogeyman, a kind of amalgamation of Halloween’s Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees, the killer found in (most of) the Friday the 13th movies (a series that almost certainly wouldn’t have existed without the success of Carpenter’s Halloween).
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 15 June 2026
Similar nonprofits have existed since the 1980s.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Robbins Lumber's websites describes the company as a high-tech lumber manufacturer that has existed for more than a century.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
Appointments, scans and medications can dominate daily life, leaving little room for the relationship that existed before the diagnosis.
—Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
And so the Mahjong Project was born, her effort to document her Chinese New Zealand family’s mah-jongg rules, which existed primarily as oral traditions, and to gather other variations from across the Asian diaspora.
—Ashley Parker, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existed
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Were does the Messi game fit on the list of greatest Arrowhead games, when moments lived up to the hype?—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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Allman − Southern rock pioneer and shy leader of The Allman Brothers Band − lived a life of dichotomy.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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During the morning low tide, while there was still a small stretch of sand, excavators were working to pile large rip-rap boulders next to the base of the crumbling Pacifica Pier.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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While there was movement on the bases for both starters, the game lulled until the seventh.—
Liana Handler
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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“Existed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existed. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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