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
Why the Special Olympics airlift exists Travel can be stressful for anybody, but for athletes on their way to competition who also have special accessibility needs, there are additional levels of complication.
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Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
No video evidence exists to show exactly how the Lachman fire started, much less that Rinderknecht was the one who lit the blaze.
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Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
But the major longevity and cardiovascular cohort studies all used traditional saunas, and no equivalent long-term data exists for infrared.
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Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
So far, the only public window afforded by Oakland police into the encounter exists in a series of video snippets released in March.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
An example such an effort currently exists in many of our nation’s schools where there are programs designed to prevent football injuries among young athletes.
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Michael Gerling,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
But within the world of Greek myth, transness exists.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Plenty of evidence exists showing that IPPs within the market have been responding to the signals to build for some time now.
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David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The cruisy interiors were stitched together from two locations, including a since-shuttered spot called Lion Spa and a second Koreatown bathhouse, neither of which, Ahn noted, still exists in its former glory.
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Joshua Encinias,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
No video evidence exists to show exactly how the Lachman fire started, much less that Rinderknecht was the one who lit the blaze.
—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
But the major longevity and cardiovascular cohort studies all used traditional saunas, and no equivalent long-term data exists for infrared.
—
Allison Palmer
updated June 24,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
So far, the only public window afforded by Oakland police into the encounter exists in a series of video snippets released in March.
—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
An example such an effort currently exists in many of our nation’s schools where there are programs designed to prevent football injuries among young athletes.
—
Michael Gerling,
Fortune,
24 June 2026
But within the world of Greek myth, transness exists.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
23 June 2026
Plenty of evidence exists showing that IPPs within the market have been responding to the signals to build for some time now.
—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
The cruisy interiors were stitched together from two locations, including a since-shuttered spot called Lion Spa and a second Koreatown bathhouse, neither of which, Ahn noted, still exists in its former glory.
—
Joshua Encinias,
IndieWire,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exists
Verb
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Not to do what is economically beneficial, even if there is an argument that is in a client’s immediate best interest, but in holding power to the law.
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Rothrock said there is no specific type of offender, such as a foreign visitor unaware of American laws.
Verb
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Food and drink Regional cuisine takes the spotlight in many places—Julian Schwamberger lives it.
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The gap between those two facts is where employee value now lives.
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