as in extant
having being at the present time
existing breeds of the turkey that graces our Thanksgiving table are said to bear little resemblance to the gamy birds that the Pilgrims enjoyed
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as in living
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of existing
Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2026
Nearly 5 million people, including children and people with pre-existing conditions, will lose health care coverage altogether.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026
Evans has hosted notable names like Cynthia Erivo, Regina King, Tina Knowles, Leslie Jones, Chloe Bailey and more, leveraging his pre-existing relationships to book his guests.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
Fourteen were found dead, three had to be humanely euthanized due to the severity of their conditions, and four more died after the rescue as a result of pre-existing illnesses.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Trump brought the offshore wind industry to a halt as his Administration froze projects with pre-existing approvals.
—Justin Worland, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Kirk Sides | Houston Chronicle | Getty Images Home prices have finally come down compared with last year, though just fractionally, according to daily reads from Parcl Labs, which looks at high-frequency listing data on single-family homes, condos and townhomes, both new and existing.
—Diana Olick, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025
Currently, China’s tariff rate stands at about 45 percent, between the pre-existing Section 301 duties and the tariffs levied this year, while much of Southeast Asia—Vietnam (20 percent), Cambodia (19 percent), Indonesia (32 percent) and Thailand (19 percent—also faces high tariffs.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2025
Plans also do not cover pre-existing conditions.
—Alora Bopray, USA Today, 5 Dec. 2025
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
This attention to detail is intended to support outcomes that align with a patient’s existing features.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Even existing Texas regional banks like Texas Capital, Amegy Bank and Frost Bank maintain their offices outside downtown.
—Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
San Ysidro Health will gather with the community on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Macias Family Health Center, a 44,000-square-foot medical facility in National City that will consolidate and expand two existing clinics that the medical provider already operates in the area.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The law will also lift an existing moratorium on new large-scale nuclear construction and add battery storage.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
The median price of an existing home in November stood at $409,200, the National Association of Realtors, or NAR, said last month.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2026
This is great news for both homebuyers and owners looking to refinance their existing rate.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Winning back those existing consumers who remember the glamor and delight of an old-fashioned department store shopping spree is the key, says Bines.
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
His freight and supply chain company, Crane Worldwide Logistics, had a pre-existing relationship with Daikin.
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Because the dopants are earth-abundant, the synthesis uses conventional solid-state processing, and no inert atmosphere is required, the approach aligns well with existing gigafactory infrastructure.
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Landscape architects Harriett Wimmer and Joe Yamada were based for many years in the Design Center and probably the most prominent local landscape design practice, which is another extant legacy firm.—
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Few extant movie studios have properties that go back as far or play as rich as Warner Bros.—
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Even the majority of the middle class, who were still able to cover the cost of living until last year, are almost completely paralyzed at the moment.—
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One afternoon Camacho paused on a trail and stripped the shoots of the duroia tree to reveal tiny ants living inside.—
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Fraud and abuse are merely the cost of social progress, and empathy for the burden their agendas place on hard-working Marylanders is all but non-existent.—
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The case for San Francisco is non-existent.—
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“Existing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existing. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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