existential
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This second half of the term, there has been a pumping of the brakes on deciding big, existential questions over the shadow docket.
From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026
For those living in the Aravallis, which stretch from western Gujarat state through Rajasthan to the heart of New Delhi, the consequences are already existential.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
In short, it is unlikely that the global powers will suspend their rivalries in order to concentrate on the existential risks to mankind.
From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026
Forum moderators say there's something "deeply existential" about the concept and that it's less about monsters and "more from the uncertainty of what else might already exist in the space with you".
From BBC • May 29, 2026
She also plays with to be, the quintessential^ existential verb, to engage our existential puzzlement: Would I then be someone else or would I just no longer be?...
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing existential
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