pre-existing
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Of course, they are not billionaires like Oprah or celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow or Reese Witherspoon, who leveraged their pre-existing stardom into profitable imprimaturs in wellness and publishing.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The World Weather Attribution study, published on Thursday, said the disaster was the result of a "compound event" caused by rising temperatures, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and pre-existing geological weaknesses.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Quammen said people with puppies or kittens might consider getting insurance, because younger animals are less likely to have pre-existing conditions that might not qualify for coverage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
I briefly considered pet insurance for Gumdrop, but he doesn’t qualify for a lot of the policies because of his pre-existing condition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
It is easy to say that our world has been made by science or by technology, but scientific and technological progress depend on a pre-existing assumption, the assumption that there are discoveries to be made.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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