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existence

[ig-zis-tuhns] / ɪgˈzɪs təns /


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The recent Nvidia episode marks what has perhaps been Culper’s most prominent work in its seven-year existence as an independent research shop.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

In the film version, however, a retired Klara is on a beach surrounded by robot friends, enjoying a very human and communal existence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Over the years, Altrincham - currently seventh in the National League - have defeated 17 Football League opponents in the competition, more than any other club that has spent its entire existence in non-league football.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Other experiments provided indirect evidence of their existence, and researchers succeeded in creating several related derivatives.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

I’m so surprised that he acknowledged my existence, the word “Hey” just pops from my mouth.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The seventh episode reveals she’s being dropped into an assortment of existences and innie personas while her outie is trapped in a sterile Lumon dormitory.

From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025

Sold as the ultimate work-life balance, the firm's brain microchip procedure splits a person's consciousness and memory into dual existences.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2025

We have given the keys to our once-private analog existences over to the wealthiest companies in human history.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2024

Locals and tourists often lead separate but parallel existences, more or less ignoring one another’s presence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024

He experienced them, the others, incorporated the babble of their thoughts, heard in his own brain the noise of their many individual existences.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick


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