How to Use preexisting in a Sentence

preexisting

adjective
  • The Heat also wouldn’t be able to use a preexisting trade exception.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 30 June 2024
  • For those who have used the drugs to deal with smaller amounts of weight and no preexisting conditions, there are many unanswered questions.
    — Jamie Rosen, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
  • These health issues have been found in healthy people as well, but the effects are much more serious in those with preexisting conditions.
    — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2024
  • So did his wife, their two children and his 72-year-old mother, who had a preexisting autoimmune disease.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2021
  • Adams also has tried to be a voice for minorities and those with preexisting conditions, groups that sometimes overlap.
    — Kaitlin Lange, Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Only people with offices will be asked to come to work, excluding those with preexisting health conditions.
    — USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Most did not have the option of doing their jobs from home and were more likely to suffer from preexisting conditions, such as obesity.
    — Luis Alberto Moreno, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
  • The bill would leave many uninsured, including those with preexisting conditions.
    — Mary Wang, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Because preexisting conditions should not be the barrier to getting access to health care.
    — NBC News, 11 Aug. 2019
  • This risk was more than twofold greater compared with those patients who don’t have any preexisting neurological condition.
    — Robert Glatter, Forbes, 12 May 2021
  • Forty percent of the women were 35 or older and one third had a preexisting medical condition.
    — NBC News, 9 June 2020
  • Though unlike the Park residence, the house in Malcolm & Marie is a preexisting private home.
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Others provided preexisting annual reports or spreadsheets of case data that answered all or some of the questions.
    — USA Today, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The building itself, which was built on a preexisting 13th-century structure, has a courtyard with stately arcades.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The province logged its first death June 5 in a baby who got congenital measles but also had other preexisting conditions.
    — Devi Shastri, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • Moreover, preexisting smallpox vaccines and new monkeypox vaccines are excellent, and some even work if given as late as a few days after exposure.
    — Larry Brilliant, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Others who are at risk include people with preexisting vascular conditions, the homeless and the elderly.
    — Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The outlet said that Diaz could not comment on whether Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition.
    — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Heart surgery and heart attacks can also prompt the condition, as well as preexisting medical issues, injuries, and medications.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The lawyers argued that Manafort, who is 71 years old and has preexisting conditions, was a high-risk patient if the virus were to spread through the facility.
    — Madison Dibble, Washington Examiner, 13 May 2020
  • That statement is not a departure from any preexisting Russian policy regarding the use of nuclear weapons.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Now the school, which contains a mix of preexisting and new faculty and programs, is launching a two-year Master of Science in Climate.
    — Andrew Freedman, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Knapton said those who have had a heart attack and those who are at risk of diabetes, caused by age, diet or preexisting conditions, should also have their blood glucose checked as part of regular blood testing.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The whole of the Babcock Ranch development sits 20 feet above sea level and forms around preexisting creeks and canals, so water doesn’t get stuck where the humans are.
    — Andrew Lawrence, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
  • So far all of the victims were in their 70s and 80s, all with preexisting health conditions, said Ashley Bautista, a county spokeswoman.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Individual sequences adhere to a certain internal logic, the way a few consecutive shots in a trailer might, while others depend on a preexisting awareness of the codes for such crime thrillers.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025
  • The Cruz Amendment is designed to lower premiums for younger and healthier people, at the risk of much higher premiums for those with preexisting health conditions.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 21 July 2017
  • One is a preexisting Florida law stating that no special district such as Reedy Creek could be dissolved without the permission of owners of a majority of its acreage.
    — Michael Hiltzikbusiness Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The Taliban have also requested representation at this week's meeting, a move that is expected to kick off a diplomatic battle with the preexisting Afghan envoy.
    — Aj Willingham, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • One of the most popular provisions of the ACA prohibits price discrimination against those with preexisting conditions.
    — E.j. Dionne Jr., The Mercury News, 11 July 2019

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