existential

Example Sentences

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Despite the extent of the demonstrations, most of the experts who spoke to the BBC said they do not yet amount to an existential threat to the state.

From BBC

It’s more like an existential dilemma, both for our bewildered and benighted country and for the world.

From Salon

Is there a duct-tape, Apollo-mission solution to this existential problem that can be applied before the West’s stockpiles of essential refined minerals run out?

From MarketWatch

A stoic understanding of our responsibility to each other that will allow us to move beyond our current existential crisis.

From Salon

Some investors see the potential Netflix-Warner Bros. deal as a sign that the streamer has already started worrying about these existential threats.

From Barron's