pre-existing

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adjective

occurring or existing previously

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Derived forms of pre-existing

pre-existence, noun

Words nearby pre-existing

preequalization, preestablish, preestablished harmony, preexilian, preexist, pre-existing, preexposure, pref., prefab, prefabricate, preface

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How to use pre-existing in a sentence

He also wants to “replace every existing organism with a better one.”
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He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.
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At that time, pre -9/11, the links were more subtle and had to be hunted down.
ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
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In short, the existing data makes fracking seem like a judgment call.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The relation existing between the balmy plant and the commerce of the world is of the strongest kind.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
The evolution theory alleges that they were evolved, slowly, by natural processes out of previously existing matter.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
That—and no existing institution and no current issue—is the primary concern of the present age.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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