existence
Example Sentences
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Like most Americans, we had never seen a McDonald’s, though rumors of their existence were rampant.
But the shuttle wasn’t delivering the module anywhere—it resided for the entirety of its existence in space within the shuttle’s cargo bay, effectively a part of the shuttle.
Before Lamarck, naturalists saw organisms as passive, depending on supernatural intervention for their merest actions as well as their very existence.
New York-based Kalshi allows users to make bets on future events, from the price of oil to whether the existence of aliens would be confirmed.
The terrific Mr. Baker portrays Leigh with antsy anxiousness thinly masked by a veneer of professional camaraderie—he knows that Jay’s participation is crucial to the success, or maybe existence, of the production.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
