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adjective in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
Archaic . standing out; protruding.
Origin of extant 1535–45; <Latin ex (s )tant- (stem of ex (s )tāns ) standing out, present participle of exstāre, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + stāre to stand
OTHER WORDS FROM extant non·ex·tant, adjective
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH extant extant , extentWords nearby extant ex store, exstrophy, exstrophy of bladder, exstrophy of cloaca, ext., extant , extd., extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore
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Example sentences from the Web for extant As a result, the newly described fossil “fills a gap between the Nile crocodile in Africa and the four extant American species,” Delfino says.
An ancient skull hints crocodiles swam from Africa to the Americas | Carolyn Wilke| July 23, 2020| Science News
In fact, Lau believes that cases of sexual assault do not belong in a university, but in the extant legal and judicial systems.
Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? | Emily Shire| August 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Alas, CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler has already said that if Extant is a hit like Dome, it will return next year.
Surprise! Halle Berry’s Career Is ‘Extant’ | Jason Lynch| July 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Today,” Deptula said, “the Russians have an extant significant advantage in their surface to air capabilities.
The Pentagon Isn’t Ready for a New Cold War | Jacob Siegel| March 20, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The extant issues are numerous but at least we know what they are.
Hopes for Religion in 2014 Include Tolerance, More Women, Less Politics | Joshua DuBois| December 22, 2013| DAILY BEAST
One might generously say that Simpson and Bowles are just bowing to the extant political reality.
Simpson-Bowles Rebaked | Michael Tomasky| February 19, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Of these five poets, some were not born when Pope's version was published; and, of the rest, not one had penned a line now extant .
Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works | Anonymous
The extant educational system suffers from a threefold inadequacy.
The Forerunners | Romain Rolland
The first of these letters has not come down to us, the two last are extant .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 | Various
His Annals are yet extant , and prove him to have been a man of great and various learning.
Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum | John Healy
In this greater and more mature work Sallust may have avoided some of the faults of style that appear in the extant treatises.
A History of Roman Literature | Harold North Fowler
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British Dictionary definitions for extant adjective still in existence; surviving
archaic standing out; protruding
Word Origin for extant C16: from Latin exstāns standing out, from exstāre, from stāre to stand
usage for extant Extant is sometimes wrongly used simply to say that something exists, without any connotation of survival: plutonium is perhaps the deadliest element in existence (not the deadliest element extant )
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