as in lived
to have life
strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist
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Recent Examples of existed
The data existed in the community; it was just locked away from management.
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Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In that case, too, the final agreement wasn’t over whether their work could ever be manipulated by AI—special effects have existed in movies for a long time, after all—but whether the creator has an informed say in it.
—Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Both inquiries concluded that no proof of a conspiracy existed.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
That opens the opportunity back to co-production in a way that has not really existed so much in the last few years.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The 2,540-square-foot luxury store was bult from the ground up, as no previous store existed in its space in the still-fledgling Avenue wing.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Bipartisan legislation to create an energy rebate program had existed almost a decade earlier, like the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act in 2010.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
That set-up, which has existed for decades, allows creatives to deduct agent and manager commissions and other expenses from their income tax.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Andrew Binns, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
In that case, too, the final agreement wasn’t over whether their work could ever be manipulated by AI—special effects have existed in movies for a long time, after all—but whether the creator has an informed say in it.
—Jenn Brice, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Both inquiries concluded that no proof of a conspiracy existed.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2024
That opens the opportunity back to co-production in a way that has not really existed so much in the last few years.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
The 2,540-square-foot luxury store was bult from the ground up, as no previous store existed in its space in the still-fledgling Avenue wing.
—Roberta Naas, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Bipartisan legislation to create an energy rebate program had existed almost a decade earlier, like the Home Star Energy Retrofit Act in 2010.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2024
That set-up, which has existed for decades, allows creatives to deduct agent and manager commissions and other expenses from their income tax.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
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