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existence

[ig-zis-tuhns] / ɪgˈzɪs təns /


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Dame Esther said it had been estimated "that 6, 000 people owe their very existence to Nicholas Winton".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It’s about inertia and abdication, not solutions, and while I don’t entirely love this strange comedy, I’m giddy that it’s lurched into existence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jean and Joan’s shared existence would otherwise make their days dull and predictable, but their bizarre circumstances let them see beyond their own purview and into someone else’s, even if only for a blip.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

“During bitcoin’s 17-year existence, the price has moved in long waves,” Galaxy Digital says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

The way I heard it, I owe my very existence to Sandy June’s Legendary Frybread Drive-In.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The seventh episode reveals she’s being dropped into an assortment of existences and innie personas while her outie is trapped in a sterile Lumon dormitory.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 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

Which even the military ended because it called on gay people to deny or hide their existences.

From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2024

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

From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen




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