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

Strange to relate, we are to this hour without so much as a satisfactory Catalogue of the Copies which are known to be extant.

From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William

Only four of these pieces are known to be extant, and they are very valuable.

From The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various

The earliest texts of the poem known to be extant are found in MSS.

From Erthe Upon Erthe by Various

For this purpose he has selected some specimens of original prose composition, extracted from unpublished manuscripts, and from the oldest Gaelic books that are known to be extant.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander