as in to live
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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The Context Tensions exist between U.S. President and Ukrainian President .
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Jordan King, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Our members are investing tens of billions of dollars in ships that are designed to run on fuels that don't yet exist in the market.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
In the first room of the memorial’s main exhibition building, a large map displayed the network of Nazi concentration camps that existed at the height of World War II.
—Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
The practice has existed since at least 1947, when a 21-year-old William F. Buckley and some of his friends showed up at a rally for the left-wing presidential candidate, Henry Wallace, wearing ironic bohemian getups.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Jordan King, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
Our members are investing tens of billions of dollars in ships that are designed to run on fuels that don't yet exist in the market.
—Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
In the first room of the memorial’s main exhibition building, a large map displayed the network of Nazi concentration camps that existed at the height of World War II.
—Massimo Calabresi/dachau, TIME, 22 Feb. 2025
The practice has existed since at least 1947, when a 21-year-old William F. Buckley and some of his friends showed up at a rally for the left-wing presidential candidate, Henry Wallace, wearing ironic bohemian getups.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Exist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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