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existence

[ig-zis-tuhns] / ɪgˈzɪs təns /


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I’ve rarely seen Elordi wearing his lanky, handsome screen presence comfortably; something about the actor usually seems to be apologizing for his own existence.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

He doubts the existence of extraterrestrials but recognizes their prominence in our imagination as a chapter in “humanity’s evolving self-portrait.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 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

The possible existence of these three rulers raises broader questions about what the Assyrian King List was actually designed to do.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

In that time, Clare had not known a stitch of peace, as though the seam of his very existence were being torn in different directions.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The language you use to describe your pre- and post-transition existences is pretty frank and plain.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

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

Which even the military ended because it called on gay people to deny or hide their existences.

From Seattle Times May 8, 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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