be extant
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Does Avatar strike you as the sort of series that could still be extant in 20 or 30 years time?
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2010
It was issued anonymously, but he so repented of his venture that he annihilated the edition, of which, according to Mr. Lathrop, "not half a dozen copies are now known to be extant."
From Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) by James, Henry
Bankruptcies give pleasure to the honest man, as new evidences of the unexhausted religious fund of other men's honesty, which must be extant, if it is to be deceived.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul
The works themselves are not known to be extant, and nothing more than the bare name of them survives.
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John
The earliest texts of the poem known to be extant are found in MSS.
From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various
