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Recent Examples of existence Twenty-five companies, including Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, IBM, and Palantir, just told Washington not to regulate open-weight AI models out of existence. Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 Her Maggie and Morgan’s Negan aren’t simply two survivors adrift in the Walking Dead’s post-apocalyptic hellscape, trying to scrape a meager existence together. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 July 2026 Nicknamed Planet Nine and sometimes more generically called Planet X, its existence is hotly debated, but most predictions of this putative world’s characteristics put it squarely in the range of LSST’s capabilities to spot. Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 Its light began traveling toward Earth while the Roman Empire was still in existence. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 24 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for existence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existence
Noun
  • Everything is my father this and my father that, none of which is doing a single thing to address the reality in front of her.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 27 July 2026
  • To make this dream a reality, Love partnered with other diverse DJs, like Melika Rahimi, a Persian woman whose DJ name is Melak, and Katie Espino, a Dominican woman who goes by Localuva.
    Zuri Primos July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Noun
  • Inpro’s presence beyond North Carolina Inpro continues to expand outside of the state, unveiling a design center and showroom in its Muskego headquarters in April.
    Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The city's local Democratic lawmakers claim that the tough-on-crime policies only temporarily reduced crime while troop presence was at its peak.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Fat distribution matters One plausible explanation for the higher prevalence of cardiometabolic disease in men and postmenopausal women undergoing bariatric surgery is increased visceral fat, says Serlie.
    Crystal Gwizdala, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The prevalence of deepfakes, synthetic media, and identity fraud is rapidly increasing.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Weighing an average of 3,150 pounds, the whales have been hunted for subsistence, commerce and sport.
    Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • The near-death experience forces her to confront her sense of isolation out in the prairie, where life is defined by subsistence.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 July 2026

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“Existence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existence. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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