existed

Example Sentences

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It’s as if those six years never existed!

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

By carefully arranging tiny particles of silver into custom-built structures, they created and stabilized a previously elusive state of matter that had existed only in theoretical models.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

At Galeries Lafayette on Tuesday, as employees packed away denuded mannequins, admissions officer Li said she thought the store had been too reliant on "the traditional... business model that has existed for decades in France".

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

He said that a link already existed - The Abbey Way - that was "hidden away in the trees".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

It existed in a way that couldn’t be measured.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn