pre-existing

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adjective

occurring or existing previously

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Derived forms of pre-existing

pre-existence, noun

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How to use pre-existing in a sentence

Patients with preexisting medical conditions like diabetes drive health spending.
Hold On to Your Health Care|Kaiser Health News|May 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He has health insurance and, as far as we know, no preexisting conditions.
The GOP’s Moral Failures|Michael Tomasky|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Or at least, they like coverage for their kids, health-care rebates and a ban on denying coverage for preexisting conditions.
Why Republicans Are Starting to Love Health Reform|Daniel Gross|August 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This collection is sold exclusively with Henri Bendel, and is an expansion of her preexisting sweets line Sugarpova.
Cara Delevingne's Face Gets Made Into a Cake; Harper's Bazaar U.K. to Launch Online Exhibit Featuring Model Self-Portraits|The Fashion Beast Team|August 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Dittrich argued that the human brain is too complicated to be studied thoroughly with preexisting technologies.
Obama Launches BRAIN Initiative to Map the Human Brain|Eliza Shapiro|April 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The whole dialogue ends in an admirable vision in which he teaches that man chose his lot on earth in a preexisting state.
Authors of Greece|T. W. Lumb
The features of a glacier trough depend much on the length of time the preexisting valley was occupied with ice.
The Elements of Geology|William Harmon Norton
The wvork required to effect the upheavals must be derived from some preexisting source of energy.
The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays|J. (John) Joly
If eternal, how could they assume the empire of an independent and preexisting world?
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
The present neutrality act of April 20, 1818, is but little more than a collection of preexisting laws.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents|James D. Richardson

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