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extant
[ ek-stuhnt, ik-stant ]
adjective
- in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost:
There are only three extant copies of the document.
- Archaic. standing out; protruding.
extant
/ ɛkˈstænt; ˈɛkstənt /
adjective
- still in existence; surviving
- archaic.standing out; protruding
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- non·extant adjective
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Origin of extant1
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Example Sentences
In London it is located in the Duveen Gallery where half the extant marbles sit under white light as if in a morgue.
In fact, Lau believes that cases of sexual assault do not belong in a university, but in the extant legal and judicial systems.
Alas, CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler has already said that if Extant is a hit like Dome, it will return next year.
Today,” Deptula said, “the Russians have an extant significant advantage in their surface to air capabilities.
The extant issues are numerous but at least we know what they are.
Norumbegam illi nobis nescio quam, vrbsque & castella nominant, quorum hodie ne vmbra quidem aut ipsa vox extant.
Double purfled violins seem never to have left his hands, as none appear to be extant and no mention is made of any.
These four instruments are considered by most of the virtuosi, to be probably the finest examples extant of this great master.
So easy am I in my mind that I have not even sent down to my office to see if the papers are still extant.
Over one hundred panegyrics of various saints written by St. Augustine are still extant.
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