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[ig-zist] / ɪgˈzɪst /




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“You don’t know what you don’t know,” said Adams, who added that he wishes the organizations that exist to help out veterans in tough situations were more widely known.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

The more a language like Quechua can find ways to exist in our globalized world, especially in pop culture, the stronger its foothold will be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs when a system that could exist in several equivalent arrangements settles into one particular configuration.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

"We recommend families work with their child's healthcare provider to understand what potential access pathways may exist before assuming this is their only option."

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Even though nature tries to shield the singularities of black holes, scientists know that black holes exist.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

On TikTok, where the account still exists, the video recycling Jasunas's joke is one of dozens like it that have garnered tens of thousands of views.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

A different version of James Bond, who exists in a different universe, would be easily pulled off in an era where audiences are used to major film franchises restarting in a different world or timeline.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

“Suno exists to help people create new, original music, not to trade on anyone’s name or likeness, and we prohibit any unauthorized use of an artist’s work,” a spokesperson at Suno said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

The researchers found that when the Andreev qubit exists in a superposition, the supercurrent develops a component that oscillates over time.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

What I do know is that for this one little moment, I’m glad an electrified fence exists between me and those sounds.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Promise Knight, the council's cabinet member for cleaner streets, transport and public realm, said School Streets existed in the borough "to make the journey to and from school safer for children and families".

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

There’s an ironic disconnect when a town calls itself “Polar Bear Capital of the World” — it’s not like these creatures, who existed long before us, get to be in charge of anything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

With fewer events to analyze, the trial had less statistical power to determine whether a meaningful difference existed between the two approaches.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

At the beginning, we were none of us technological visionaries, but I at least had been online for a while, since even before the web itself existed.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Adams sensed that it was not the true story, even doubted whether such a thing as a true story existed.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"The existing drainage system was developed 30 years ago to cater for a population of about 2.5 million residents but we're dealing with about 7 million in the daytime and 5.5 million night-time," Simiyu says.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

He razed the existing residence to build his own custom 9,700-square-fooot megamansion.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Rather than requiring entirely new aerodrome construction, Eve Air Mobility plans to leverage existing airport and heliport facilities by retrofitting them with electrical charging infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

As the embryo's skin grows and stretches, some areas move far enough away from existing placodes to escape the chemical's influence.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

The terrible circumstances in which we were now existing brought the two of us closer together.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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