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
This is where one of the biggest challenges lay, extant garments are nonexistent and there are not a lot of surviving images from ancient times which show what people were wearing.
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And the Cambrian explosion is an incredible period where animals, which had already been around for probably 100 million years or more, just start to figure out all of these innovations which are hallmarks of extant animals.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Moreover, studies of its bone vascularization hint at a higher growth rate and potentially a faster metabolism compared to many extant snakes.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
While the original ‘Ur-Leica’ is still owned by Leica Camera AG and is definitely not for sale, passionate collectors of of these vintage cameras occasionally get the rare opportunity to purchase one of the extant dozen 0-Series models.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
And the Cambrian explosion is an incredible period where animals, which had already been around for probably 100 million years or more, just start to figure out all of these innovations which are hallmarks of extant animals.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Moreover, studies of its bone vascularization hint at a higher growth rate and potentially a faster metabolism compared to many extant snakes.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
While the original ‘Ur-Leica’ is still owned by Leica Camera AG and is definitely not for sale, passionate collectors of of these vintage cameras occasionally get the rare opportunity to purchase one of the extant dozen 0-Series models.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for extant
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But the report cautioned that the positive results could change if current economic volatility leads to a deterioration of the jobs market.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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While the English top flight stands out globally for its elite level of football, the choice of listening material among its current managers is much more middle of the road, with Coldplay the band most cited during our writers’ research.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Choudhary said that chronic stress can even exacerbate already existent gastrointestinal issues, including irritable bowel syndrome.—
Claretta Bellamy,
NBC News,
4 Oct. 2023
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As for other perceptions that were proven to be either misguided or no longer existent during this series, how about this one, the notion that Tatum and Jaylen Brown don’t bring out the best in each other.—
Chad Finn,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 May 2023
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Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was present at the White House on Thursday to help broker a trade agreement on behalf of the European Union in response to the president’s 20 percent tariffs on goods from member nations.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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But above all, a thousand thanks to the audience, and to the media who were always present.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
18 Apr. 2025
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His first significant trip outside Rome as pontiff was to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a key site in Europe's ongoing migration crisis.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate Ukraine By Eugene Finkel Finkel, a historian and political scientist, offers a nuanced and highly readable account of the complex history of Ukraine from medieval times to the ongoing Russian invasion.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Extant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extant. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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