as in reality
the fact of being or of being real
the existence of UFO's is something that people continue to argue about
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Recent Examples of existence
And usually when guys (have that conviction) — talk about speaking it into existence.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
But we were blessed to have 48 years and over 6,600 columns on every aspect of our existence from Baltimore’s pigeons to the state of our world and beyond!
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: The upstart league views its existence as complementary to the WNBA, while also trying to bridge the pay gap with male athletes.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
The existence of a handy playbook from after the 2016 election of Donald Trump proved something of a trap.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
But we were blessed to have 48 years and over 6,600 columns on every aspect of our existence from Baltimore’s pigeons to the state of our world and beyond!
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Zoom in: The upstart league views its existence as complementary to the WNBA, while also trying to bridge the pay gap with male athletes.
—Tim Baysinger, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
The existence of a handy playbook from after the 2016 election of Donald Trump proved something of a trap.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for existence
Noun
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Chrisley rose to fame alongside his family on the reality series Chrisley Knows Best, which ran on the USA Network from 2014 to 2023.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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Her subsequent search through the city’s underbelly, culminating in the discovery of Bram in the adult entertainment industry, becomes source material for Mira’s film – leading to unexpected consequences when past trauma and present reality collide.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The presence of debt makes borrowers contractually liable for repayment.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Several manufacturers spend vast sums of money on their presence at the show.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Looming Healthcare Workforce Crisis The growing prevalence of chronic illness, the leading cause of death in the U.S., coupled with a shortage of healthcare workers, is straining the healthcare system.—
Waqaas Al-siddiq,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Black and Hispanic people, who have higher rates of chronic diseases and are more likely to be uninsured, are also known to experience a higher prevalence of glaucoma, a disease that damages the optic nerve and is the leading cause of irreversible blindness.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The retirement community not having any prominent residents who use a wheelchair, scooter, walker, or even cane is the elder comedy equivalent of the Friends being able to afford palatial Manhattan apartments while working subsistence jobs in their mid-twenties.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Jan. 2025
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Individuals exhibiting multiple copies of this gene have been linked to cultures that rely more heavily on starches for subsistence, like farmers, but the origins of this adaptation have been unclear.—
Ryan McRae,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Existence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existence. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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