existing

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It formalises France's existing targets for reducing greenhouse gas pollution -- namely to reduce emissions by five percent a year over the 2024-2028 period with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

“Allowing such circumvention would undermine existing tariffs, weaken trade enforcement, and erode policies designed to support domestic manufacturing,” the letter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

That is, under existing legislation the CBO estimates do not recognize that Social Security would have to cut benefits once the trust fund is exhausted in the early 2030s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The system produced cellular-level 3D images with improved quality and did so roughly 25 times faster than existing methods.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

It had not merely become silent; it had stopped existing, scared into its grave by his knock.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick