- present participle of exist.
existing
Example Sentences
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If Venter can marry young, new and superstar existing talent, while rallying the squad around his belligerent belief, they will be hard to stop.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The good news is that there is no shortage of talented students in rural areas, and a template exists to help those students succeed within existing public schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
However, in vetoing the bills, Newsom told the Senate in a letter that they would “codify portions of existing, unrelated regulations that are unnecessary at this time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
"We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
He reached the conclusion that what was wrong with all existing systems of knowledge was that they had been cobbled together by lots of different people over long periods of time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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