How to Use exist in a Sentence

exist

verb
  • It's the largest galaxy known to exist.
  • Does life exist on Mars?
  • Racism still exists in our society.
  • We shouldn't ignore the problems that exist in our own community.
  • She believes that ghosts really do exist.
  • The Internet didn't exist then.
  • The organization may soon cease to exist if more funding isn't provided.
  • Not to mention that the greatest Giannis lyrics already exist.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2024
  • In our first press tour, Richard Kind didn’t even do any press because no one even knew Bing Bong existed.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
  • While the exact depths are still uncertain, scientists are confident that these oceans exist.
    Mike Sori, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Opponents say the bill is unnecessary because those protections already exist.
    Rachel Looker, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • There a few sites on Mars that are considered deserving of heavier protection than others—areas where liquid water is thought to exist, for instance.
    Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2023
  • And even if a strong Phillips curve relationship did exist, experience casts severe doubt on whether a central bank could exploit the relationship.
    Norbert Michel, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Games that require a persistent online connection for solo play are rarer, though significant exceptions do exist.
    Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 1 Feb. 2023
  • While Pornhub’s account was removed, OnlyFans’ account is allowed to exist.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • After being sentenced to Scandinavian jail, which does not exist in the physical sense, our reporter was given five years of pondering existence in front of a fireplace.
    Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The White House has warned that its existing funding has run out.
    David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • To be this strong, to be able to still piss off complete strangers just by existing.
    Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
  • There exists gluten-free bread that does not fall apart, and that tastes just as good as normal bread.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • That tragedy, though, exists behind a haze of folklore.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Adult and youth leagues exist all over the country, with hundreds of teams in some metro areas.
    Danish Bajwa, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
  • In a way, a puffy bag has a lightness that just doesn’t exist with a hardlined briefcase.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Once a student said that hard deadlines don’t exist in the real world.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Didn’t know a singer (Rob Halford) with that intense [of a] range existed.
    Liza Lentini, Spin, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The site is host to more than 800 million videos and is as close to a living archive as exists on the internet.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • The romance between Rustin and the preacher exists in the shadows — under the dim lights of a nearby bar or behind the blinds in Rustin’s home.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2023
  • But challenges to a full restoration of travel still exist.
    Laura He, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And so those 192 lasers pointed at this one tiny sphere produced the heat and pressure conditions that exist in the sun.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The only reason that any of these stories exist is because my dreams came true.
    Jenelle Riley, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But concerns existed: slow feet, can’t jump, out of shape and overweight.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023

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