extant
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"This research has given me a renewed appreciation for the importance of preserving extant species for the future."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Such litigation has continued this year, relying on state laws and extant FTC guidelines to hit back at companies like Spotify and Gymshark.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
State police "would help fill the yawning gaps in extant policing framework," Femi Mimiko, a political science professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
And it is in those culturally German cities where we find most of the extant Gothic drawings, about 600 in all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
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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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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