exists

present tense third-person singular of exist

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Recent Examples of exists Counties investigate these cases, and officials acknowledge that fraud exists, but neither the state nor local property appraisers publish verifiable statewide fraud statistics. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026 White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day. Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 What matters is that something exists that can change the probability of the market eventually reaching the same conclusion. Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Yet one of the country’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial pipelines already exists. Anthony Hernandez, Fortune, 5 July 2026 While cash is preferred by many technicians, tipping in other forms is acceptable if the option exists. Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 July 2026 Few figures are as synonymous with Mexican football as Aguirre, now in his third stint coaching the national team after being in charge for the 2002 and 2010 World Cups, but this co-exists with his El Vasco nickname. Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Why the Special Olympics airlift exists Travel can be stressful for anybody, but for athletes on their way to competition who also have special accessibility needs, there are additional levels of complication. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 25 June 2026 So far, the only public window afforded by Oakland police into the encounter exists in a series of video snippets released in March. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exists
Verb
  • When Russian President Vladimir Putin strikes this type of target in Ukraine, there is rightly Western outrage.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Because of this, though, there is absolutely no good reason to watch Netflix’s new golf comedy, The Hawk.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Omid lives about a mile from port facilities that were hit last week.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • And that final refinement process, the last 20%, is where the hardest thinking still lives.
    Adam Taylor, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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