as in extant
having being at the present time
existing breeds of the turkey that graces our Thanksgiving table are said to bear little resemblance to the gamy birds that the Pilgrims enjoyed
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as in living
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of existing
Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Although inflation stretches the Universe flat and expands any pre-existing particles away from one another, this doesn’t necessarily mean the temperature approaches and asymptotes to absolute zero in short order.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The sheriff’s office incident report noted Rodriguez Zavala had a pre-existing spinal injury and was taking medication.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The new and existing home sales reports are fresher and will speak to shelter costs, which are the single largest component of inflation.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
What is striking to me is that over half of those kids hospitalized are healthy children without any pre-existing medical conditions.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adair had just received medical treatment in the jail’s infirmary for a pre-existing leg wound and was in the process of being transported back to his cell when the altercation broke out.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
The basis of the lawsuit is that Suno allegedly infringed upon the copyright of the labels’ catalogs by using pre-existing works to train its technology.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
That’s a good thing for your immune system—vitamin C helps protect existing immune cells and promote the production of new ones, Amidor said.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Mariam Khan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In a recent review for The Baffler, Adrian Nathan West considered a pair of novels written as responses to existing classics.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to provide users with greater price stability by pegging to an existing fiat currency — such as the dollar or euro — or commodity.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Even so, prices for new homes remain lower than for existing homes thanks to the incentives and discounts offered by builders over the past few months, making these properties more appealing to buyers.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
To buy time, Scripps seems to be relying on safety in numbers, understanding that, while major investments have been made in building new or retrofitting existing California hospitals in recent decades, there are still plenty that will not be fully compliant by the deadline.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Large, leak-proof components, which are necessary for high-throughput reactors, have been difficult to manufacture with existing methods.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
The computational demands and orchestration complexity of managing multiple AI agents across interconnected workflows can strain existing IT infrastructure while creating new security vulnerabilities.
—Uli Erxleben, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The arch support worked overtime for her almost non-existing arches and prevented her shins and feet from feeling pain, an uncomfortable side effect of footwear that’s too flat.
—Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Although inflation stretches the Universe flat and expands any pre-existing particles away from one another, this doesn’t necessarily mean the temperature approaches and asymptotes to absolute zero in short order.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
The sheriff’s office incident report noted Rodriguez Zavala had a pre-existing spinal injury and was taking medication.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The new and existing home sales reports are fresher and will speak to shelter costs, which are the single largest component of inflation.
—Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2025
What is striking to me is that over half of those kids hospitalized are healthy children without any pre-existing medical conditions.
—Pia Pannaraj, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adair had just received medical treatment in the jail’s infirmary for a pre-existing leg wound and was in the process of being transported back to his cell when the altercation broke out.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2025
The basis of the lawsuit is that Suno allegedly infringed upon the copyright of the labels’ catalogs by using pre-existing works to train its technology.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
That’s a good thing for your immune system—vitamin C helps protect existing immune cells and promote the production of new ones, Amidor said.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
The officials on the panel voiced support for reforms of the existing asylum system.
—Mariam Khan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Newsom has been under pressure in recent years to adopt AI guardrails by advocates worried about the technology’s impact on unemployment by automating jobs and upending creative and media industries via its ability to generate new pictures, audio and other media using existing data.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
In a recent review for The Baffler, Adrian Nathan West considered a pair of novels written as responses to existing classics.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency designed to provide users with greater price stability by pegging to an existing fiat currency — such as the dollar or euro — or commodity.
—Hugh Leask, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Even so, prices for new homes remain lower than for existing homes thanks to the incentives and discounts offered by builders over the past few months, making these properties more appealing to buyers.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
To buy time, Scripps seems to be relying on safety in numbers, understanding that, while major investments have been made in building new or retrofitting existing California hospitals in recent decades, there are still plenty that will not be fully compliant by the deadline.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Large, leak-proof components, which are necessary for high-throughput reactors, have been difficult to manufacture with existing methods.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
The computational demands and orchestration complexity of managing multiple AI agents across interconnected workflows can strain existing IT infrastructure while creating new security vulnerabilities.
—Uli Erxleben, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for existing
Adjective
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Aside from these extant benchmarks, experts have long debated what an ideal demonstration would look like.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
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Tracking new information about the firm The other challenge for extant directors is to stay abreast of the news, 8-Ks, chatter, or sentiment about the firm between board meetings.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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At the time of the girls' disappearance, Decker was living primarily out of his pickup truck, and occasionally at motels and campgrounds, according to police.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some states have laws that require safe storage of guns at all times or in certain circumstances, such as living with someone under age 16 or someone who isn’t legally allowed to own or possess a gun.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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And the next pretext might not be crime; it might be supposed voter fraud, a phenomenon that is statistically almost non-existent.—
Elizabeth Goitein,
Time,
27 Sep. 2025
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The inventor, named in several versions of the story as Zhang Qifeng, later found to be non-existent, was reported to expect a prototype within a year and a retail price below 100,000 yuan (Around $13,900).—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Existing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existing. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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