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existence

[ig-zis-tuhns] / ɪgˈzɪs təns /


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Its title refers to the less-traversed north face of the mountain, but also to the way Everest can feel, to some climbers, like a portal to another plane of existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Such a detection could do more than confirm the system's existence.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Like any group of people, the Somali immigrant community contains good and bad people in it, but on the whole, their very existence is a testament to human tenacity.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

She is beautiful and desirable, but her sexuality isn’t the defining characteristic of her existence — something we don’t see enough when it comes to Latina roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maybe the roses were a token from the Virgencita, a small light in her otherwise gloomy existence, a gift to brighten her spirits.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2026

He would also elevate his competitors, giving them chances to introduce themselves to audiences that would otherwise remain ignorant of their existences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2025

Sold as the ultimate work-life balance, the firm's brain microchip procedure splits a person's consciousness and memory into dual existences.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

We have given the keys to our once-private analog existences over to the wealthiest companies in human history.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2024

Did the birds’ insignificant little existences have any meaning at all?

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen


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