EXISTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

exists

verb

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present tense third-person singular of exist

as in is

to have life strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist

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Recent Examples of exists In the documentary, a man running the shelter, who identified himself as Charles Lubajja, tells the undercover reporters that the shelter exists primarily to make money from social media users abroad under false pretenses. —

Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 Her thesis is the personal finance advice most women are getting is built for an economy that no longer exists. —

Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 May 2026 If the precedent exists somewhere in the FDA’s history, or in the regulatory frameworks of other countries, the barrier is not legal but institutional. —

Jonathan Slater, STAT, 13 May 2026 From one set of perspectives, money is said to be a thing that exists in a definite quantity—ideally gold, but now bits on a computer; ensuring that the right amount of money exists is the only way to avoid a host of macro-economic problems. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Similar Bus Rapid Transit exists in Brooklyn, San Fransisco, Indianapolis and Cleveland, officials said. —

Mike Stunson, USA Today, 13 May 2026 The technology exists to solve this. —

Annika Erikson, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2026 Second, if there's a physical address for the store, use Google Street View to see if the location actually exists. —

Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 12 May 2026 Like Soldier Boy at times, the Legend is a character who mainly exists as an excuse for the writers to include copious references to old starlets these men have banged. —

Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 May 2026

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But there is still interest in games not involving the best available teams.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 May 2026
Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), there is no residency requirement to file a lawsuit challenging a project’s environmental review.

— James Ward, USA Today, 15 May 2026