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[ig-zist] / ɪgˈzɪst /




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All the memes and merch exist on the movie’s fringes.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

Our financial lives don’t, as you suggest, exist in a classroom.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

"That's largely because people don't know much about what species exist here and what their lifestyle is."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

As played by Rinko Kikuchi, she doesn’t just love dance but sometimes seems to exist inside a dance movie — at least in her mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Some scientists believe dark matter doesn’t really exist.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

"I've seen thousands of patients and I've never seen anyone with 'glass skin'. I don't think it exists, and it's just these over-filtered images that make children think that this is achievable when it's not."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Homelessness exists in Los Angeles that is concentrated in places like Hollywood and Skid Row and the beaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Instead, crypto exists on the blockchain, a kind of shared spreadsheet that anonymously records every transaction, and is “mined” digitally through the solving of complex math problems.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Allegedly, somewhere out there De Palma’s original three-hour cut exists, one that so impressed Ellroy that he devoted an entire essay to singing its praises called “The Hillikers.”

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

I open the teabag, which is labeled “Swee-Touch-Nee,” a brand I have never heard of and am not convinced actually exists, and stain my water with a bunch of deep dips.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

The NFL existed long before the Super Bowl era, and those early championships were huge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

It is no secret that tension existed between Spencer and the monarchy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The Ariel study is the second in a series examining what may once have existed beneath the surfaces of Uranus' moons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The changes, which would fundamentally reshape a system that has existed since 1996, have now been shared with Holyrood's committees and council umbrella body Cosla ahead of a public consultation.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Thirteen of them sat quietly, peacefully, contentedly—as if they existed only to sit.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

While no law explicitly enshrines a person's voice in Japan, the justice ministry published legally non-binding guidelines last month clarifying its protection under existing rights.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

The researchers performed a new analysis of existing mammography screening research.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

Backers say it closes a loophole in existing law by stating that animals seized by police officers or animal control officers without a warrant can be deemed abandoned after a 14-day period.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

Assured, which guarantees roughly half of Brightline’s existing senior debt, is providing more than half of the financing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

I watch him existing and existing and existing.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson




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