existential

Example Sentences

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The AI industry has continuously warned about the potential existential threats posed by its technology, but there has been no attempt to slow down its progress.

From BBC

Instead, we must concentrate on what is most necessary, timely and feasible: eliminating the existential danger.

From The Wall Street Journal

For Iran, long fearful of an American attack, the struggle is an existential one that it has spent decades preparing for.

From The Wall Street Journal

Military expert Hassan Jouni said that for Hezbollah "this is an existential battle... so it will fight until the last breath".

From Barron's

If it sounds existential, it is because it is.

From BBC