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existence

[ig-zis-tuhns] / ɪgˈzɪs təns /


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“The thing that I got right, that I loved for the longest time and now has almost become the bane of my existence, is creating relatable comics,” he told us.

From Salon Aug. 30, 2026

The 12-year-old drugmaker, more commonly known as RevMed, had spent much of its existence trying to solve a scientific puzzle that had stumped some of the industry’s leading researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

And while those movies, just like “Esta Isla,” don’t address the socioeconomic issues facing Puerto Ricans didactically, their mere existence is in itself a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The region's hardscrabble existence is perhaps best illustrated in Dollywood's full-size replica of the humble two-room log cabin where Parton grew up with her 11 brothers and sisters in Locust Ridge, outside Sevierville.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

What else would explain the resemblance, the shared name, the existence of that box?

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

Still, Harper and Yasmin’s existences are inextricably linked, gnarled together in a helix of favors and bargains.

From Salon Mar. 1, 2026

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

Locals and tourists often lead separate but parallel existences, more or less ignoring one another’s presence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2024

He experienced them, the others, incorporated the babble of their thoughts, heard in his own brain the noise of their many individual existences.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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