- present tense form of exist (3rd person singular).
exists
Example Sentences
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But the Italy that inspired those studies no longer exists.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The findings suggest that a meaningful opportunity for climate action still exists.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
That’s why Social Security exists, even for people who are comfortable.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
The private sector exists somewhere out there—the source of all that money—but its customs are foreign to the weirdo revolutionaries who populate the world Ms. Barker once made her career in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
A thing exists without words, but a fact is a statement, a term in a discourse.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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