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[ig-zist] / ɪgˈzɪst /




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The discovery changes how researchers understand Fe5GeTe2, a material that can exist in several different atomic arrangements.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"I don't live any more - I exist," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

This implies that the cool gas component might already exist as a reservoir surrounding the galaxy uniformly on all sides.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

A third ad includes images of Mount Rushmore, with Trump narrating that “the United States of America is the most successful, most accomplished, most exceptional nation ever to exist in human history.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The center could not hold because it did not exist.

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

It has “the ability to do a cyberattack that scrambles all the bank accounts, shuts down the electric grid—that exists today, and we know that’s the case.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

This is because a rough equilibrium exists between the stock market, interest rates and the cost of acquiring a guaranteed lifetime income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“That would be like Shakespeare creating a trust and it still exists today,” Goode said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Now, though, a glimmer of hope still exists for Russell, even if he is too realistic to think too much about it for now.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Faerie exists beside and below mortal towns, in the shadows of mortal cities, and at their rotten, derelict, worm-eaten centers.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The simulations begin with pristine gas containing no heavy elements, reproducing conditions that existed shortly after the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

One of the biggest puzzles surrounding the origin of life is a classic chicken or egg problem: How could RNA have helped create the first cells when no cells yet existed to keep RNA contained?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

It is not the first time Scotland's ancient geology has been used by scientists to help them understand how life could have existed on Mars.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We recognize the controversy and turbulence that has existed to get us to this point. I hope we prove them wrong through action,” Ellison said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Okay. How about this question, then—the hazmats really want us to find a fossil because they want to prove that life once existed on Mars, correct?”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

In March 2020, as dining rooms shut down, Chuck E. Cheese launched Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings, a delivery-only brand operating out of its existing kitchens.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Researchers combined previously published genomic information for long Covid, PTSD, rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis from existing genome-wide association studies with 3D genomic data from an earlier study of people with ME/CFS.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

UK airlines said they adhered to existing rules.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Like Jones, Ms. Perry captures the sensory experience of death and the feeling of existing in a strange, panicked void.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The pain emanating from this man—I want to apologize for ever turning up at this man’s door, for ever coming to find him here and demanding he tell me about his schedule, for ever existing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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