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existential

[eg-zi-sten-shuhl, ek-si-] / ˌɛg zɪˈstɛn ʃəl, ˌɛk sɪ- /


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This is what union executive director Bruce Meyer said on a call with reporters Monday: “We do not accept the premise that there is some existential crisis going on.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

This second half of the term, there has been a pumping of the brakes on deciding big, existential questions over the shadow docket.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

For those living in the Aravallis, which stretch from western Gujarat state through Rajasthan to the heart of New Delhi, the consequences are already existential.

From Barron's • May 31, 2026

In short, it is unlikely that the global powers will suspend their rivalries in order to concentrate on the existential risks to mankind.

From MarketWatch • May 31, 2026

It was life reduced to a set of rules, an existential life, a life clarified by the eyes of fathers.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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