was existing
- past progressive of exist.
Example Sentences
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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