be extant
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Does Avatar strike you as the sort of series that could still be extant in 20 or 30 years time?
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2010
The oldest copy known to be extant is 1737.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
A single manuscript by Holinshed is known to be extant.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Only four of these pieces are known to be extant, and they are very valuable.
From The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various
No copy of the Duke of Savoy’s Dominions appears to be extant.
From Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694) by Barnard, John