1
as in existing
having being at the present time
a celebrated author who is generally regarded as America's greatest novelist extant
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as in current
existing or in progress right now
when people envisage the future, they often base their predictions on the assumption that extant trends will continue indefinitely
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Recent Examples of extant
Aside from these extant benchmarks, experts have long debated what an ideal demonstration would look like.
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Some of the country’s oldest extant buildings and streets are found here, dating back to the 1600s.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
Then just four months ago, the Supreme Court stated that adherence to extant precedent like Humphrey's Executor controls in resolving stay motions.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Sep. 2025
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
Some of the country’s oldest extant buildings and streets are found here, dating back to the 1600s.
—Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 4 Sep. 2025
Then just four months ago, the Supreme Court stated that adherence to extant precedent like Humphrey's Executor controls in resolving stay motions.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extant
Adjective
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Some locations will open in pre-existing Spirit Halloween stores, while others will be new locations.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Oct. 2025
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Thus, current fears reinforce a pre-existing localism, and infuse it with new and intense emotions.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Billups was arrested less than nine hours after Portland’s season-opening season-opening loss at home, a game notably attended by the team’s current owner and a financier in the process of buying the franchise.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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But current technologies like micro-LEDs hit a limit when pixels shrink below one micrometer.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Dinner was often non-existent, unless someone was lucky enough to find something to buy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Groundwater regulation is non existent in the rest of the state.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, was one of the first people to publicly condemn the selection of Bad Bunny, going as far as threatening that ICE agents would be present at the Super Bowl next year.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Oklahoma With the federal government shut down, National Park rangers are not present at the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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There is growing optimism that the global oil glut—exacerbated by ongoing OPEC production hikes—will peak in the first half of 2026, allowing for the industry to rebound in the back half of next year, CEOs said.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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The ongoing government shutdown is the latest wrinkle, presenting risks to both the actual economy and investors’ ability to understand what’s going on due to the lack of economic data collection.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Extant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extant. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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