existed

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Nineteenth-century wildcat notes circulated in an era when collateral requirements, where they existed at all, were routinely evaded and unenforceable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

It’s as if those six years never existed!

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

We then showed it was being driven by atmospheric winds, but we still did not know why those winds existed.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

At Galeries Lafayette on Tuesday, as employees packed away denuded mannequins, admissions officer Li said she thought the store had been too reliant on "the traditional... business model that has existed for decades in France".

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Adams sensed that it was not the true story, even doubted whether such a thing as a true story existed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis