existence
Example Sentences
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“I was like, you know, startled, and then I realized what it was,” he said, recalling his first experience with the stop-start engine feature that has become the bane of many Americans’ driving existence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
“Our very existence is political no matter what. Our joy is a problem for a lot of people,” said Reyes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
“These results provide a failure to confirm the existence of pluripotent VSELs,” the paper read.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
"For decades there has been speculations and different theories to explain these remarkable properties and one theory has been the existence of a critical point. Now we have found that such a point exists."
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Just a peaceful existence until I move to Arizona.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.