mere existence
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The mere existence of credit risk, which is inherent in lending, isn’t the same thing as an incurred credit loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
This will surely not have mattered to anyone who tuned in to watch or, indeed, anyone sent home with an award, or to the wider ecosystem that profits materially from its mere existence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2025
And yet its mere existence, at the geographical center of such a devastating history, told me to go inside.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2024
Yet Barnard b's mere existence hints at the presence of other exoplanets in that solar system, some of which may be more hospitable to life.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2024
Their mere existence stunted the growth around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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