as in empirical
based on observation or experience
child psychologist Bruno Bettelheim believed that fairy tales help children cope with their existential anxieties and dilemmas
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Recent Examples of existential
The downward trend of auction sales suggests a more existential change in the art market.
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India Brown, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
By bypassing those creators completely — while benefiting from their work — AI presents an existential threat to that model.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 July 2025
But his fingerprints are all over the album — both in its warm vocals and its introspective existential themes.
—Richard Trapunski, Billboard, 24 July 2025
He’s had many years to change and never has, which means that every remaining institution should understand that constraining him is existential.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
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India Brown, Robb Report, 28 July 2025
By bypassing those creators completely — while benefiting from their work — AI presents an existential threat to that model.
—The Editors, National Review, 25 July 2025
But his fingerprints are all over the album — both in its warm vocals and its introspective existential themes.
—Richard Trapunski, Billboard, 24 July 2025
He’s had many years to change and never has, which means that every remaining institution should understand that constraining him is existential.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for existential
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existential
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This line of thinking would make sense with the results from the very first empirical test of TLR in a chimaera species, Callorhinchus milii, also known as the elephant fish.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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And the empirical evidence may be showing that markets, like everything else, can become so conditioned to chaos that all the old rules no longer apply.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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By focusing on objective criteria and standardizing evaluation processes, AI agents can help ensure that all candidates are assessed fairly.—
Ray Culver,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Blain said in the statement that the independent investigative report — and the censure vote — were not objective inquiries, but the result of politics.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 July 2025
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Participants were presented with a series of experimental questions along with two facial photographs, one of a bearded face and another of a non-bearded one.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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The interaction was one of many highlights during the team’s three-day experimental broadcast, an interactive, behind-the-scenes look with a booth full of former players.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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“Existential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existential. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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