- present participle of exist.
existing
Example Sentences
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The change did not affect the 2.8 million existing claimants of the health element.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026
This shift could significantly improve the effectiveness of existing immunotherapies.
From Science Daily • Jul. 9, 2026
The new space is just north of the existing terminal, which is to be demolished.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026
The change is going to help “hundreds of thousands” of taxpayers who were in the dark about the existing abatement process, according to Erin Collins, the IRS’s national taxpayer advocate.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026
On other nights it was still, with such a stillness as one imagines as existing before the stars began to form, or after everything has perished.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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