existed

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The concept of eating rice and lentils has existed for centuries — and it’s certainly not exclusive to khichuri.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

I ordered a third-wave coffee from China, which I didn’t even know existed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“As of 1855, construction of overland telegraph systems had become standardized,” Mr. Tabor writes, but “no such standard existed for submarine telegraph lines, especially those running through salt water.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The firm's approach to this is based on exploiting the properties of a so-called quasi-particle, which had existed only in theory, since it was first predicted in the 1930s by Italian physicist Ettore Majorana.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

What, then, motivated Adams to extend his hand across the gap that existed between Quincy and Monticello, then write more than two letters for every one of Jefferson’s?

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