EXISTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

exists

verb

present tense third-person singular of exist

as in is

to have life strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist

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Recent Examples of exists Last May, Backrooms — about a horrifying liminal space that exists beyond our own reality — smashed box office records. — Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026 Similar technology already exists in specialized high-performance vehicles. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Also last year, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s admission that an AI bubble exists and Michael Burry’s bearish bets represented more red flags. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026 Discomfort with uncertainty exists on a continuum and changes with circumstances, said Nick Carleton, a psychology professor at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 For executives and boards, one is being told that a capability exists. — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 The real question facing America is whether corporations exist to serve society, or society exists to serve corporations. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 In response, prosecutors declined to say whether any evidence exists, citing legal restrictions on disclosing whether a grand jury is meeting. — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Branding already exists around Kansas City soccer — from Sporting KC to the Kansas City Current to the FIFA World Cup this summer. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

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There is speculation, too, that Balenciaga, where creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli is plying his couture chops and returning the brand to its roots, might also be facing some changes.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
And with economic growth stagnating, there is no easy way out.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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The result is a deep economic divide between Paris and the rest of the country and an elite that lives largely among its own, surrounded by people with similar educations, careers, and assumptions, and cut off from much of the country.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
So once again, the rich, powerful Establishment would be dictating the terms under which everyone else lives.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026

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