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[ig-zist] / ɪgˈzɪst /




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If IBM’s hardware and software suddenly ceased to exist?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

For the stocks in this table, that would mean buying the straddles expiring on Aug. 2, or the next nearest date if that expiration date not exist for a particular stock.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

My Venus is in Pisces, and I feel like all I can do is daydream about the unrequited love I have and the objects of my desire who will never know I even exist.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Two-time major champion Martin Kaymer has said it is "highly unlikely" LIV Golf's team championship will take place this year and admitted the players do not know if the circuit will exist in 2027.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Music never asks me to defend my right to exist or apologize for it.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

That’s why Social Security exists, even for people who are comfortable.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

He adds that the club no longer exists.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

The private sector exists somewhere out there—the source of all that money—but its customs are foreign to the weirdo revolutionaries who populate the world Ms. Barker once made her career in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

We’re not sure that any artificial intelligence that currently exists can solve that particular problem.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Sonny’s phone buzzes, and suddenly Malik no longer exists.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

If your scenario existed in a laboratory, maybe.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

None of that existed in the real world, either.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

As a result, researchers may struggle to determine which connections truly existed during infection.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

The separation has existed because both institutions require protection from each other.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

In a funny way, they existed only so that their fate might be gambled upon.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But a reallocation of the fund’s existing portfolios could involve selling foreign assets and increasing purchases of Japanese stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Earlier this month, the National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes slid 2.4% in June over the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.09 million, well below expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The fragments, written in ancient Greek by what was thought to be an Egyptian scribe and his teacher, are the oldest existing version of the poem arranged into a book.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

For Boeing chief executive Kelly Ortberg, a new aircraft is not the priority for airlines, insisting that they are looking for better performance from existing fleets and, crucially, more reliable and durable engines.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The raw substances available to ancient peoples were natural materials such as stone, wood, bone, skins, fiber, clay, sand, limestone, and minerals, all existing in great variety.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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