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
That’s a tie for the most in a single week, alongside Taylor Swift, who had seven on the Sept. 23, 2023, ranking, the TikTok Billboard Top 50’s second week of existence.
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Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
This show chronicles the distractions that plague them and, in so doing, explains its own existence.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Wednesday’s publication furthers the Trump administration’s efforts to deny the existence of people who identify as transgender, nonbinary or intersex, a sharp departure from the Biden administration’s attempts to create more inclusive health policy and research.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The Appstore's continued existence came up repeatedly in Google's 2023 antitrust case with Epic Games.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
This show chronicles the distractions that plague them and, in so doing, explains its own existence.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
Wednesday’s publication furthers the Trump administration’s efforts to deny the existence of people who identify as transgender, nonbinary or intersex, a sharp departure from the Biden administration’s attempts to create more inclusive health policy and research.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The Appstore's continued existence came up repeatedly in Google's 2023 antitrust case with Epic Games.
—Ryan Whitwam, Ars Technica, 20 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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To do so, the telescope will map out the presence of water ice, of course, as well as frozen carbon dioxide, methanol, ammonia and other intriguing compounds.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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Flu Map Shows Highest Levels Across US Newsweek has also covered the prevalence of influenza around the country, looking at the states reporting people with the highest number of influenza-like illness symptoms.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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Some initial surveys in the 1930s suggested nearly 54 percent of the population was infected, with prevalence in some areas as high as 76 percent.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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