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extant

[ek-stuhnt, ik-stant] / ˈɛk stənt, ɪkˈstænt /


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Such litigation has continued this year, relying on state laws and extant FTC guidelines to hit back at companies like Spotify and Gymshark.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2026

State police "would help fill the yawning gaps in extant policing framework," Femi Mimiko, a political science professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

Five more projects that were realized are no longer extant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Julia Eichelberger, a Welty scholar and the editor of this collection, notes that the first extant letter between Lyell and Welty is from 1931, after they’d been at Columbia a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

It was also during that time that a starving young artist, who had been given lodging in the house out of pity, paid for his stay by painting the only extant portrait of Clara.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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