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
At least, that’s where the spark for it first flared into existence.
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Brian Freedman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
That changed about 100 million years after the big bang as the first stars in the universe flickered into existence.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
The site, twenty-four years into its existence, still largely works as a collaborative democracy of unpaid contributors striving for consensus and veracity.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
The only exceptions to that are San Diego FC, which is embarking on its inaugural season, and Inter Miami, because of the existence of Lionel Messi.
—Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Brian Freedman, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
That changed about 100 million years after the big bang as the first stars in the universe flickered into existence.
—Conor Feehly, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2025
The site, twenty-four years into its existence, still largely works as a collaborative democracy of unpaid contributors striving for consensus and veracity.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2025
The only exceptions to that are San Diego FC, which is embarking on its inaugural season, and Inter Miami, because of the existence of Lionel Messi.
—Brooks Peck, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for existence
Noun
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Since their environment lacks reality, the actors freeze (Flockhart), turn glumly inward (Hoffman), or mime their way through things.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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These entrepreneurs turn dreams into reality, innovative vision into tangible value, and have a lasting positive impact on the world.—
Alexandra Harbert,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The machine learning aspect of this latest breakthrough focused primarily on detecting the presence of ink, not deciphering the characters or text.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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In the meantime, the company has also officially partnered with Major League Baseball, further cementing the game’s U.S. presence.—
Julius Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025
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In 2017, such was the prevalence of an all-male poster of Ireland’s writers that the Irish Times felt compelled to create its own version featuring award-winning female best-sellers.—
Kathy Rose O'Brien,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Legacy Of Fragmented Tools One of our most revealing insights, echoed by IDC's 2023 North American Tools/Vendors Consolidation Survey, is the prevalence of fragmented toolsets.—
Aviv Mussinger,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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But environmentalists and some Indigenous Alaskans have warned of the negative impact on the state’s wilderness, wildlife and local subsistence lifestyles.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
3 Feb. 2025
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That closure followed a smaller but still notable loss of access when nearly 1.5 million acres of BLM land in unit 13 were closed in 2020 to everyone but, again, qualified local subsistence hunters.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Existence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/existence. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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