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extant

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


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Extant animals like giant armadillos and giant anteaters, related to Darwin’s ancient giant sloths, have experienced similar pressures.

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2024

Extant petroglyphic spirals show the migration of a clan outward to the boundaries of its physical and spiritual territory as well as the inward journey homeward.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Extant life there is much more likely today than on the surface of Mars.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 22, 2017

She headed to the small screen with the Spielberg-produced Extant but achieved only moderate success.

From The Guardian • Jan. 6, 2017

The Quæ Extant of Varro, printed at Dort, are adorned with many lively cuts of bears and their good-humoured cubs, because the printer's name is Joannis Berewout.

From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill




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