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[ verb ] have an existence, be extant
Synonyms Examples "Is there a God?" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Then Dick_Hyde , submarine_ball hurler , entered the contest and only five batters needed to face him before there existed a 3 - to 3 deadlock . ("Editorials"...)So_be_it - then we must embark_on a crash program for 200 - megaton_bombs of the common or hydrogen variety , and neutron_bombs , which do not exist but are said to be the coming thing . (The Providence Journal...)An unsuccessful playwright and actor , he has faith only in himself and in a talent he is not sure exists . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)Yet it exists and has an objective reality which can be experienced and known . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)Although the theological forms of the past continue to exist in a way they do not in a more secularized situation , the striking thing is the rapidity with which they are being reduced to a marginal existence . Related terms endanger dwell prevail come flow coexist preexist distribute kick_around being |
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[ verb ] support oneself
Examples "he could barely exist on such a low wage" "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?" "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" Used in print (Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)The third credit service , Banks_for_Cooperatives , exists under authority of the Farm_Credit_Act_of_1933 . (Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)Very little protozoa activity existed below 40 ` F . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)Then , he said , `` Unfortunately , only one lamechian linguist exists , and he is too old for this expedition . |
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