I think we should improve existent parks rather than create new ones.
to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers
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Accountability for human rights violations is minimal, and accountability for international crimes remains non-existent.—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—Riley Hoffman, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025 Prosecutors said in a press release that Laura Lee Yourex, 62, faces five felony counts, including perjury, offering a false or forged document for filing, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote, and registering a non-existent person to vote.—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 The Jayhawks finished the night with 254 total yards of offense, namely due to a non-existent running game.—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for existent
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Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens, from present participle of Latin existere, exsistere "to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being" (Late Latin, "to have real being, be, be present") — more at exist
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