extant

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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

What Metcalfe knows of the Blundys’ life together can be gleaned from the 12 extant volumes of Vivien’s journals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

According to the Department of Business and Trade, 161 of the extant licences relate to military products.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

"So I placed the nematodes in the established collective group genus Vetus, which was established in 1935 for fossil nematodes that could not be placed in any known extant family."

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2024

“That was one of only five extant copies!” he moaned.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs