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Tuesday word: Extant
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simplyn2deepTuesday, May 16, 2023
Extant (adjective)
extant [ ek-stuhnt, ik-stant ]
adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.
OTHER WORDS FROM EXTANT
non·ex·tant, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXTANT
extent
WORDS RELATED TO EXTANT
surviving, actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed
See synonyms for extant on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tans) standing out, present participle of exstare, equivalent to ex-ex- + stare to stand
HOW TO USE EXTANT IN A SENTENCE
Thermal Beach Club also promised to support the strangely extant surf club at Desert Mirage High School.
POSTCARD FROM THERMAL: SURVIVING THE CLIMATE GAP IN EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY|BY ELIZABETH WEIL AND MAURICIO RODRÍGUEZ PONS|AUGUST 17, 2021|PROPUBLICA
Jefferson was an eager champion of the arch as a symbol of the nation’s grandeur, but even in this early rendering — the first extant painting of the bridge — you detect the range of its symbolic ambiguity.
REKINDLING THE WONDER OF NATURAL BRIDGE, ONCE A TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN GRANDEUR|PHILIP KENNICOTT|JUNE 17, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Finding extant life to determine its nature will require drilling down hundreds of meters to reach underground water where life might still thrive, bringing up samples, culturing them, and subjecting them to analysis.
THE PROFOUND POTENTIAL OF ELON MUSK’S NEW ROCKET - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERS|ROBERT ZUBRIN|MAY 12, 2021|NAUTILUS
Unlike most films in the Disney princess pantheon, Raya’s story isn’t taken from any extant cultural source, but comes from the brain of veteran Disney director Bradley Raymond, known mainly for directing sequels like Lion King 3 and Pocahontas 2.
DISNEY’S RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON IS A SUMPTUOUS FANTASY — BUT IT MAKES A MESS OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE|AJA ROMANO|MARCH 5, 2021|VOX
Extant (adjective)
extant [ ek-stuhnt, ik-stant ]
adjective
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.
OTHER WORDS FROM EXTANT
non·ex·tant, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH EXTANT
extent
WORDS RELATED TO EXTANT
surviving, actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, instant, living, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, undestroyed
See synonyms for extant on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1535–45; < Latin ex(s)tant- (stem of ex(s)tans) standing out, present participle of exstare, equivalent to ex-ex- + stare to stand
HOW TO USE EXTANT IN A SENTENCE
Thermal Beach Club also promised to support the strangely extant surf club at Desert Mirage High School.
POSTCARD FROM THERMAL: SURVIVING THE CLIMATE GAP IN EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY|BY ELIZABETH WEIL AND MAURICIO RODRÍGUEZ PONS|AUGUST 17, 2021|PROPUBLICA
Jefferson was an eager champion of the arch as a symbol of the nation’s grandeur, but even in this early rendering — the first extant painting of the bridge — you detect the range of its symbolic ambiguity.
REKINDLING THE WONDER OF NATURAL BRIDGE, ONCE A TESTAMENT TO AMERICAN GRANDEUR|PHILIP KENNICOTT|JUNE 17, 2021|WASHINGTON POST
Finding extant life to determine its nature will require drilling down hundreds of meters to reach underground water where life might still thrive, bringing up samples, culturing them, and subjecting them to analysis.
THE PROFOUND POTENTIAL OF ELON MUSK’S NEW ROCKET - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERS|ROBERT ZUBRIN|MAY 12, 2021|NAUTILUS
Unlike most films in the Disney princess pantheon, Raya’s story isn’t taken from any extant cultural source, but comes from the brain of veteran Disney director Bradley Raymond, known mainly for directing sequels like Lion King 3 and Pocahontas 2.
DISNEY’S RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON IS A SUMPTUOUS FANTASY — BUT IT MAKES A MESS OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE|AJA ROMANO|MARCH 5, 2021|VOX
