EXISTED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

existed

verb

past tense of exist

as in lived

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

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Recent Examples of existed The club was live-action social media before social media existed. — Derek C. Blasberg, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026 That year, Congress passed the Humphrey-Hawkins Act, which required the Fed chair to report to Congress twice a year – a formal and recurring channel of oversight that hadn’t existed before. — Paul Wachtel, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 The marsh was built in the 1990s to naturally clean dry-weather urban runoff from San Diego Creek and address the algae blooms that once existed in Upper Newport Bay, according to the water district’s website. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 For years, Goop’s restaurant existed almost entirely as a delivery operation, a ghost kitchen with food engineered to still be delicious after surviving the trip to your door. — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 Vidio’s Short Drama section has existed on the platform since last year. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 Cyberbullying, and other abusive behavior existed then and remain today, despite efforts by companies to police user behavior. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 At that time, the Fire were known only as Portland WNBA, a placeholder for the eventual team name that would honor the city’s first WNBA team of the same name that existed from 2000 to 2002. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026 Ode itself barely existed in its current form a few months ago. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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If more bucks lived to be 7 ½ years old like the one Mitch tagged in 1998, the county would certainly produce more record-book bucks.

— Richard P. Smith, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
At times, his psychological explanations may seem almost too orderly for a woman who lived so exuberantly in disorder.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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