extant
adjective
; ek-ˈstant, ˈek-ˌstant
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Synonyms
alive, around, existent, existing, living
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To analyze how diets evolved across the animal kingdom, John Wiens, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson, and his colleagues compiled a data set of more than 1000 extant species. — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, "The world’s first animal was probably a carnivore," 30 Aug. 2019 That makes the bird considerably bigger than the largest extant penguin species, the Emperor penguin, which can grow to around four feet tall and weigh up to 88 pounds. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Human-Sized Penguin Once Waddled Through New Zealand," 14 Aug. 2019 Today, there are two extant copies: one in the British Library, the other in the Folger Shakespeare Library. — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, "The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet," 5 Aug. 2019 His friend’s father became his first client for what would become a successful, still-extant technology and design company called Sedna Solutions. — Lila Seidman, latimes.com, "For Shant Sahakian, Armenian American museum executive director, civic life is the good life," 4 June 2019 Xxxtentacion’s estate has so far only issued a few extant tracks, but his presence is all over the charts. — Randall Robertsstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Xxxtentacion’s estate teases new song, ‘Royalty,’ one year after his death," 17 July 2019 One quest was Capo Colonna, a lone Doric column extant from a lost temple to Hera, on the easternmost promontory of Calabria. — Frances Mayes, National Geographic, "Discover Italy’s most delicious secret," 11 July 2019 Visit the site of the world’s oldest still extant parliament, the Althing, convened in A.D. 930. — National Geographic, "Iceland Hiking Adventure," 12 June 2019 Even Jacquemus’s micro bag, surely the smallest extant object known to humanity, would not survive a black hole. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "Just Wait Until Fashion Designers Get Their Hands on This Black Hole Picture," 10 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'extant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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