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existential

[eg-zi-sten-shuhl, ek-si-] / ˌɛg zɪˈstɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk sɪ- /


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This rip-roaring AI-powered bull market has already overcome a handful of potentially existential challenges, from the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to last year’s tariff tantrum.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

His hero’s journey now includes a side quest fighting the world’s richest man in an existential battle.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She’s also confronting this existential question: What do I want my life to look like now?

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Simons told the programme it would be "existential" for the Labour Party if it lost the Makerfield by-election.

From BBC • May 17, 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




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