extant
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Yet many musicians long considered the roughly 220 extant cantatas of J.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
"So I placed the nematodes in the established collective group genus Vetus, which was established in 1935 for fossil nematodes that could not be placed in any known extant family."
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
Anthony Hudson KC, representing NGN, told at a hearing on Wednesday there were "currently 42 extant claims... that follows the recent settlement of Mr Grant's claim".
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
Leaning back, tilting his important-style chair, he rummaged among the contents of the envelope until he came across what he wanted: the collected, extant data on the Nexus-6.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing extant
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