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extant | American Dictionary

extant
adjective
us/ˈek·stənt, ɪkˈstænt/
still existing:
Phyllis Wheatley is the author of the earliest extant volume of poetry by an African American.

Examples of extant

extant
The 1847 draft is not extant, but the 1860 revision survives along with the 1870 poem that was finally published.
Because there is a relatively small extant literature on precocious talkers, we took the preliminary step of verifying parent-reported precocity.
With virtually all the tenements being extant throughout it is possible to make comparisons and reach conclusions.
Once extant, it becomes an object that performs a function, as described in the class design, until it is no longer required.
The first principle is that the developmental processes of interest must be specified with as much precision as is supported by extant knowledge.
This approach offers solutions to most extant lingware engineering problems.
Optimizing such a strategy requires the characterization of sand fly populations in target areas with regard to species composition and extant resistance, among other parameters.
Both pieces were probably transcribed in the extant sources when the melodic transformation had already occurred.
Fossils are a possibility, and even extant microbial life might be present.
No evidence of the work's reception exists : in neither his extant letters nor his diary does he mention the book.
My paper, then, is based on archaeology in the sense that it comes from a study of extant deserted settlements and relic and current landscapes.
Furthermore, their interpretations and generalizations of neurophysiological data do not appear warranted when a broader view of the extant data is taken into account.
Thus, the extant literature on moderators of treatment effects following the aforementioned line of inquiry has been relatively unproductive to date.
This further suggests that volcanic hydrothermal sites are the most likely concentrations of extant life.
For a response to be counted as a valid party identification, it had to name a known extant party or political movement.
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