existential
Example Sentences
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"The WTO is at a critical and, in fact, an existential juncture," he warned at the end of January.
From Barron's
Investors are concerned that some software companies face an existential crisis.
Egypt, a close ally of the US which depends on the Nile for 97 percent of its water, considers the dam an "existential threat".
From Barron's
The sheer volume and velocity of information pose an existential threat to any would-be authoritarian project.
From Salon
A mood of existential uncertainly settled over a week of world premieres and panels, but the festival went on, celebrating in Park City for the last time.
From Los Angeles Times
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