extant
Example Sentences
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One of seven extant Carnegie library buildings in Seattle, the Green Lake Branch was built on land purchased chiefly by neighborhood contributions.
From Seattle Times
And support for Byrd’s burgeoning career came from both England’s extant Catholic establishment and the queen herself.
From New York Times
Most extant photos of the bannered ferries are in black-and-white, and they usually show only one such vessel, not two.
From Seattle Times
Climate change is also altering rainfall patterns, pollution is compromising extant bodies of water, and agriculture and development are sucking underground reservoirs dry.
From Scientific American
Mastodons were extant in the area 5 million years ago to the time of their extinction.
From Washington Times
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