I think we should improve existent parks rather than create new ones.
to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers
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These fraudulent sites often mimic legitimate stores or rank high in search results, tricking desperate consumers into buying non-existent AC units.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026 At this point, the Cubs’ starting depth is nearly non-existent.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
24 June 2026 The eight-minute short — in which a Parisian man with a facial disfigurement named Marcel dances hopefully in his apartment every night awaiting a non-existent companion — is in fact the brainchild of one Robert Gaudette.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026 As with many other types of scams, World Cup fraudsters will try to capitalize on surging demand to pressure people into paying for non-existent tickets.—ABC News,
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Late Latin existent-, existens/exsistent-, exsistens, from present participle of Latin existere, exsistere "to come into view, appear, show oneself, come into being" (Late Latin, "to have real being, be, be present") — more at exist