Examples of exist in a Sentence
Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 15 Apr. 2024
The enactment of the SAFER Banking Act would positively change the broken cannabis financial ecosystem that exists today.
—Alissa Jubelirer, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
Manly is an ancient pluvial lake in Death Valley National Park which only sometimes exists.
—Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Airlines are contending with a set of challenges after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine severed access for many carriers forcing lengthy diversions which exist to this day.
—Olivia Poh, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2024
Hay believed that one reason gay people exist is to demonstrate a different way of relating to one another.
—Anne Kniggendorf, Kansas City Star, 14 Apr. 2024
The triumph has been a long time coming, in one sense; the club was founded 120 years ago, in 1904, before the city of Leverkusen technically existed.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
The conservative parents also felt that the school district failed to inform parents that the groups existed.
—Jenavieve Hatch, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
But, at least in theory, the new revenue could free up existing funds for other county spending — including pay and benefits.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
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Word History
borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French exister, borrowed from Latin existere, exsistere "to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being" (Late Latin, "to have real being, be, be present"), from ex- ex- entry 1 + sistere "to cause to stand, assume a standing position, place, check, halt" — more at assist entry 1
circa 1568, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Exist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exist. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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