existential
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Hinterhäuser is also an insightful pianist, and he joined baritone Matthias Goerne in a chilling performance of Schubert’s existential song cycle, “Winterreise.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kiki, however, lives in a world that sees magic as part of the natural order, which plunges her into an existential crisis when she loses hers.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Uefa vice-president Laura McAllister said Fifa's proposals posed a "genuine existential threat to the game."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The question of how to train a young worker is existential for many companies using AI to redesign how work gets done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He was a businessman, pronounced ztfynessman in his case, a hardworking, earthbound professional, more concerned with inbreeding among the lions than any overarching moral or existential scheme.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing existential
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
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