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extant

[ek-stuhnt, ik-stant] / ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt /


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One extant copy belonged to George Washington, who received it in New York, where he was preparing for a British attack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

According to the Department of Business and Trade, 161 of the extant licences relate to military products.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

"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

“Go soak it. If the situation becomes desperate, I recommend you avail yourself of the numerous solvent formulae extant in Celum Tinture. Chapter thirteen, I believe.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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