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extant

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


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New moratoriums rarely tend to address extant data center projects, as seen in Landover’s case, and are even fuzzier when it comes to future policy.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

"Ajimu contains the only site in the world where fossils of the giant salamander family and extant genera have both been found," says first author Masahiro Noda.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 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

And it is in those culturally German cities where we find most of the extant Gothic drawings, about 600 in all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Leaning back, tilting his important-style chair, he rummaged among the contents of the envelope until he came across what he wanted: the collected, extant data on the Nexus-6.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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