existential

Example Sentences

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It’s more like an existential dilemma, both for our bewildered and benighted country and for the world.

From Salon

Is there a duct-tape, Apollo-mission solution to this existential problem that can be applied before the West’s stockpiles of essential refined minerals run out?

From MarketWatch

A stoic understanding of our responsibility to each other that will allow us to move beyond our current existential crisis.

From Salon

Some investors see the potential Netflix-Warner Bros. deal as a sign that the streamer has already started worrying about these existential threats.

From Barron's

Once exports become a geopolitical tool, trade partners diversify their sourcing both as insurance—food security is existential—and as a way to push back against unilateral rule changes.

From Barron's