extant
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Yet many musicians long considered the roughly 220 extant cantatas of J.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
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
"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
You could see details in saddles and costumes, and the building were still extant.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2024
“Go soak it. If the situation becomes desperate, I recommend you avail yourself of the numerous solvent formulae extant in Celum Tinture. Chapter thirteen, I believe.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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