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• a  having existence or being or actuality
  an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient
• a  being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; not ghosts"
• a  presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible

• Unlike the complex nuances of the story, the artistic details are minimal and shading is non-existent.
• Lewis dismissed the philosophy that mind results from nature: "If any thought is valid, an eternal, self-existent Reason must exist and must be the source of my own imperfect and .
• The air conditioning was non-existent.

• existing
• real
• actual

• nonexistent
• unreal
• potential

News & Articles

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• BP mounts ad campaign in Gulf spill settlement dispute
  NEW ORLEANS — The ad accuses 'trial lawyers and some politicians' of encouraging Gulf Coast businesses to submit thousands of claims for inflated or non-existent losses.
  June 26, 2013 - Asbury Park Press
• BP mounts ad campaign in spill settlement dispute, will run Wednesday
  The ad, scheduled to run in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, accuses "trial lawyers and some politicians" of encouraging Gulf Coast businesses to submit thousands of claims for inflated or non-existent losses.
  June 26, 2013 - Mobile Press-Register
• Ex-Candidate Pleads Guilty in Phony Facebook Share Scam
  Craig Berkman, who once ran for governor of Oregon, pleaded guilty in a scam to sell interests in non-existent shares of Facebook Inc. (FB) and other technology companies to investors.
  June 25, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Huguette Labelle in USA Today
  Countries torn apart by conflict pay a huge toll in their capacity to govern,the agency's international chairman Huguette Labelle said in a statement. "With public institutions crippled or non-existent, mercenary individuals help...
• Brad Pitt in Actress Archives
  Pitt added that, "I love it and can't recommend it any more highly - although sleep is non-existent."
• Guy Carbonneau in USA Today
  Our power play is non-existent because we get outworked by the opposition,Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau said. "We have an advantage and we don't take advantage of that. That's the bottom line."