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was existing

  • past progressive of exist.

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"We are now left with with about 3% of what was existing EU laws are going to be in place after this gets adopted," he said.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2023

Up until I was probably in my mid-20s, I felt like I was existing in spaces where I couldn’t really be my full self.

From Slate Mar. 2, 2023

The $1 billion, scientists realized, was existing, not new, money.

From Science Magazine Nov. 30, 2022

“But they came to a place where there was existing culture. And, you know, the history is not friendly and that is troublesome,” he said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 22, 2020

But there was existing between them a peculiar personal attachment.

From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey