as in is
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of exists
Vanguard exists to hunt down wild, unproven chip architectures and test them against real-world national security workloads.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
In many ways, the Cult Gaia man exists as a counterpart to the Cult Gaia woman.
—Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
In the documentary, a man running the shelter, who identified himself as Charles Lubajja, tells the undercover reporters that the shelter exists primarily to make money from social media users abroad under false pretenses.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The Palisades, its homes, and its overwhelmed defenses had been built for a climate that no longer exists.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Her thesis is the personal finance advice most women are getting is built for an economy that no longer exists.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 May 2026
If the precedent exists somewhere in the FDA’s history, or in the regulatory frameworks of other countries, the barrier is not legal but institutional.
—Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026
Similar Bus Rapid Transit exists in Brooklyn, San Fransisco, Indianapolis and Cleveland, officials said.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The technology exists to solve this.
—Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 May 2026
In many ways, the Cult Gaia man exists as a counterpart to the Cult Gaia woman.
—Karin Eldor, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
In the documentary, a man running the shelter, who identified himself as Charles Lubajja, tells the undercover reporters that the shelter exists primarily to make money from social media users abroad under false pretenses.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
The Palisades, its homes, and its overwhelmed defenses had been built for a climate that no longer exists.
—Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
Her thesis is the personal finance advice most women are getting is built for an economy that no longer exists.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 May 2026
If the precedent exists somewhere in the FDA’s history, or in the regulatory frameworks of other countries, the barrier is not legal but institutional.
—Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026
Similar Bus Rapid Transit exists in Brooklyn, San Fransisco, Indianapolis and Cleveland, officials said.
—Mike Stunson, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The technology exists to solve this.
—Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exists
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But there is still interest in games not involving the best available teams.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), there is no residency requirement to file a lawsuit challenging a project’s environmental review.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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But strip away the drama, and what you’re left with is a genuine repricing of where enterprise software value actually lives.—
Joel Hron,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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There's no health to monitor or lives to count, and very rarely any kind of fail state.—
Will Greenwald,
PC Magazine,
19 May 2026
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“Exists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exists. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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