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noun

as in entity
one that has a real and independent existence other worlds are existents that are generally taken for granted in works of science fiction

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Recent Examples of existent
Adjective
Diplomatic relations between the three countries — which resulted in the successful suspension of the North’s nuclear program as negotiated by former U.S. President Donald Trump — have stalled, and peace talks are non-existent under President Biden. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2023 The Cowboys had four blocks and the Sooners were non-existent in the paint. Andrew Tineo, Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2023 Brief protests were snuffed out by police at the start of the war and now are all but non-existent. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2023 It’s been by necessity and the chemistry that comes from having a veteran-laden team has been non-existent. Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for existent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existent
Adjective
  • Only 41% of brands surveyed revealed their wage policies, and just 24% provided data on the actual wages paid throughout their supply chains.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • Rather, while some roads saw some minor flooding, the heaviest bands of rain stayed offshore, lessening the chances for actual flooding.
    Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Earlier this year, the Legislature passed a law barring local governments from passing ordinances to restrict presidential libraries, making the state the entity that would have authority over a future Trump library.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025
  • Different priorities between the two entities were leading to conflicts, such as concerns that the hospital would dominate decision-making.
    Natalie Jones, Baltimore Sun, 6 June 2025
Adjective
  • That’s the real opportunity for the industry today.
    Shahar Man, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • JoJo Siwa has been on a real rollercoaster ride over the past month.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • It was produced by Google’s Veo 3, similar to extant bogus news anchor content already proliferating the Internet.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • When the Frost used their second-round pick to draft her last June, there was some immediate criticism of her social media history, some of it since deleted but including an extant tweet that appears to endorse a group focused on keeping transgender women out of women’s sports.
    John Shipley, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 31 May 2025
  • The team used advanced computational methods to identify the object’s distinctive trajectory pattern in the sky.
    Nick Butler, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Adjective
  • Puig agreed to waive any legal protections for suppression or exclusion of new information in the factual basis.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 May 2025
  • Remember when Google demoed its Bard AI tool in 2023 and its factual error led to its parent company losing US$100 billion in market value?
    Greg Edwards, The Conversation, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • But beneath these praises of innovation can hide the potential to lose control over reality.
    Ashish Sukhadeve, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
  • That signaled bond investors’ willingness to consider whether the decades-long warnings of a looming, but theoretical, US fiscal collapse may be inching closer to reality.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Born in Seattle, Schmetzer was a true two-way midfielder as a player with defensive steel and an eye for creating chances.
    Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 8 June 2025
  • Gödel showed that any system of axioms in mathematics permits the formulation of statements that can’t be shown to be true or false.
    Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025

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“Existent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existent. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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