exists

present tense third-person singular of exist

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Recent Examples of exists Spotify cast the move as streamlining a feature that already exists, the 15-second skip button, which users in practice often use to bypass ads. Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Picturing an adorable robot, eagerly seeking to be of use, even designed to wag a mechanical tail, to riff off the idea, the proposal doesn’t sound that far-fetched, but rather a development of what already exists. Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026 Blackstone Tactical Opportunities exists to buy complexity other investors avoid. Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026 But no comparable infrastructure exists to probe whether social media is addictive and how that addiction might be identified and treated, nor is there government funding to support it. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 And if that duality exists for Hilton, it should also be given for his past targets. Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 8 Aug. 2026 The Kalshi conundrum Unlike some of the other companies that oversee affiliated trading arms, Kalshi has suggested in public statements that its corporate sibling exists solely to add needed liquidity in thin markets. Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Yet, enough land exists nearby for a huge underground stormwater tank up for the task — 78-acres in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, next to Citi Field. Len Maniace, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 With some wary residents questioning whether Ebola even exists, and health workers in one of Congo’s most remote and volatile regions struggling to respond to the outbreak with few supplies, pregnant women have less care than ever. ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exists
Verb
  • There is a chance of late-day pop-up showers and storms, mainly south of Philadelphia and areas down the shore.
    Bill Kelly, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Remaining cargoes, such as those from the United States, are also more likely to head for Asia than Europe, say analysts, because demand there is particularly strong and buyers are stumping up more.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Some have left the United States after decades of building lives here.
    Maria Santana, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • In a special Open Thoughts podcast held in Korea, where YoungBoy now lives, host Funny Marco (known for his deadpan approach) asked if there was ever a time during his early performances that the artist felt like pulling back.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Exists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exists. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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