existence

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Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel has Dr. Frankenstein bicker with his creature about her potential existence before deciding against it in fear that “she might become ten thousand times more malignant than her mate.”

From Los Angeles Times

For decades, Pyongyang denied pursuit of a nuclear program until publicly admitting to its existence in 2002.

From The Wall Street Journal

I died and went to some other plane of existence, where I died again.

From Literature

Their organization was even older than the Academy, which made sense since their very existence made us so necessary.

From Literature

He said he continued to pray for peace, diplomacy and the “well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice,” according to a translated statement.

From Los Angeles Times