existed

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Meanwhile, modern Homo sapiens have existed for only 300,000 years, and what are the odds we make it even another millennium?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

If they existed at all, those guardrails were constructed of papier-mâché.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

The species had previously existed as two separated populations in northern England and Kent, before declining to a handful of plants across three sites in Kent.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Momentum traders who want to believe that the rally will continue can readily find years in which such momentum existed.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

I tried again to protest, but Mr. Smit had forgotten I existed.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom