exists

present tense third-person singular of exist

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Recent Examples of exists But this element does pop up in your movies, the idea that New York exists in nature. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Homelessness exists in Los Angeles that is concentrated in places like Hollywood and Skid Row and the beaches. Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 But wherever credible revenue, savings or other financial value exists, scarce public dollars should help bring much larger pools of private capital to the table. Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 Latshaw said public health officials often rely on the precautionary principle, reducing potential exposures when feasible even before definitive evidence of harm exists. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Boeing would have to find out what tooling still exists, rebuild jigs and dies, locate or replace hundreds of suppliers, requalify manufacturing processes, recruit specialist workers, and possibly redesign components that are no longer available. Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026 Because no female-specific formulation exists, doctors must navigate off-label workarounds. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026 There exists highly effective and safe immunization available that prevents around 97% of infections. Sheldon H. Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 Until that framework exists, McKinnon said, there are limits on how much traffic can concentrate in one area. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exists
Verb
  • There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • There is a particular sort of helplessness that comes from knowing exactly how to fix a computer while being hundreds of miles away from it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Rosé lives the California dream, as her buddies drop into empty swimming pools on skateboards, bounce on mattresses and get up to good, clean fun.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Eighty percent of Colombia’s population lives within the Magdalena basin.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

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“Exists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exists. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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