existing

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Eight existing prisons have been tasked with preparing special sections for children, where they will be kept separate from adult inmates.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

What’s Next: Equity offerings dilute existing shareholders, so they tend to drag down a stock.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Taneja noted that the company’s existing zero-trust architecture, network segmentation and secondary controls would have mitigated the flaws that were found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The researchers tested whether disabling DNA repair in this way could improve the effectiveness of existing therapies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

The terrible circumstances in which we were now existing brought the two of us closer together.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson