existence

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"I think, of course, a woman -- it's about time, isn't it? After 80 years" of the UN's existence, said Espinosa, a former foreign minister.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Kathleen Dunleavy, a spokeswoman for Edison, said the company did not learn about the existence of the swim club video until the lawyers submitted it in court with their filing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

"Poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence," Lorde wrote.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

To recover the illusion that time passes within this framework, four-dimensional space-time must exist in a manner more like the three-dimensional existing elephant — whose existence is described by four-dimensional space-time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

“She’s the astrophysicist who confirmed the existence of dark matter,” I said, “the invisible stuff that makes up the universe.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas