existential

Example Sentences

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While U.S. car companies view Chinese competition as an existential threat, American consumers are increasingly interested in buying these affordable and cutting-edge Chinese cars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

"With Artificial Intelligence, though, it feels more extreme," she added, noting that Moreno-Gama was radicalized through the "'AI existential risk' rhetoric" rather than its employment or environmental impacts.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

“I was having a baby — I didn’t know what existential meant,” she remarks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

"It is a difficult – borderline existential – balancing act for Spotify," says Robert Prey, who studies streaming platforms at Oxford University's Internet Institute.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

As they watched the documentary about the 32,000-year-old cave paintings in France’s Chauvet cave, interwoven with Herzog’s heavily accented existential musings, Travis couldn’t help but wonder what his father would say if he were there.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner