Extant
adjective
Still existing or in use, not destroyed or lost.
The oldest extant manuscript of the novel is kept in the museum.
Often appears as...
- extant manuscripts
- extant species
adjective
In legal language, still in effect or valid.
The extant regulations are being reviewed for revision.
Often appears as...
- extant regulations
- extant decrees
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Formal
adjective
Still existing or in use, not destroyed or lost.
The oldest extant manuscript of the novel is kept in the museum.
Often appears as...
- extant manuscripts
- extant species
adjective
In legal language, still in effect or valid.
The extant regulations are being reviewed for revision.
Often appears as...
- extant regulations
- extant decrees
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Relevance
Use 'extant' when discussing objects or traditions from the past that still exist today.
The castle is the only extant structure from that era.
Pro Tip 2/3Present Existence
'Extant' emphasizes that something is currently in existence, despite what one might assume.
Despite the rumors of its extinction, the species is still extant.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Extinct
Use 'extant' to contrast with 'extinct', especially when referring to species that are still alive.
The biologist was excited to find the extant population of the thought-to-be-extinct bird.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Relevance
Use 'extant' when discussing objects or traditions from the past that still exist today.
The castle is the only extant structure from that era.
Pro Tip 2/3Present Existence
'Extant' emphasizes that something is currently in existence, despite what one might assume.
Despite the rumors of its extinction, the species is still extant.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Extinct
Use 'extant' to contrast with 'extinct', especially when referring to species that are still alive.
The biologist was excited to find the extant population of the thought-to-be-extinct bird.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Relevance
Use 'extant' when discussing objects or traditions from the past that still exist today.
The castle is the only extant structure from that era.
Pro Tip 2/3Present Existence
'Extant' emphasizes that something is currently in existence, despite what one might assume.
Despite the rumors of its extinction, the species is still extant.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Extinct
Use 'extant' to contrast with 'extinct', especially when referring to species that are still alive.
The biologist was excited to find the extant population of the thought-to-be-extinct bird.
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
you know discerning exactly how the joints are moving in like an alligator walking on a treadmill or a bird flying in a wind tunnel we first have to appreciate and analyze what's going on in the living animals the extant dinosaurs before we can kind of back calculate
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A lyrical bridge between...
and disappear in a firework of flames. But you either bring a letter or you write one there, and you burn it. And of course we know intuitively what is on those letters and postcards. It's a form of affection and love that is now no longer extant, yeah?
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Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...
you know discerning exactly how the joints are moving in like an alligator walking on a treadmill or a bird flying in a wind tunnel we first have to appreciate and analyze what's going on in the living animals the extant dinosaurs before we can kind of back calculate
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A lyrical bridge between...
and disappear in a firework of flames. But you either bring a letter or you write one there, and you burn it. And of course we know intuitively what is on those letters and postcards. It's a form of affection and love that is now no longer extant, yeah?
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Oliver E. Williamson
American Economist
The remediableness criterion is an effort to deal symmetrically with real world institutions, both public and private, warts and all. The criterion is this: an extant mode of organization for which no superior feasible form of organization can be described and implemented with expected net gains is presumed to be efficient.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely to be the extant superpower for several decades to come. Few anticipated how quickly the neoconservative project would run into the sands - or that China would rise so quickly.
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Michael Finkel
American Journalist
There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found in Mesopotamia and China mention people living alone in the woods. It's this primal fascination that exists across all cultures and all times.
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Oliver E. Williamson
American Economist
The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.
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Joseph Jacobs
Australian Historian
Obscure as still remains the origin of that 'genre' of romance to which the tales before us belong, there is little doubt that their models, if not their originals, were once extant at Constantinople.
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Richard Russo
American Novelist
I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?
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Linda Colley
British Historian
America is the proud possessor of the oldest extant written constitution in the world, which was for its time - 1787 - a highly innovative and important document.
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Bob Geldof
Irish Actor
There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.
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Oliver E. Williamson
American Economist
The remediableness criterion is an effort to deal symmetrically with real world institutions, both public and private, warts and all. The criterion is this: an extant mode of organization for which no superior feasible form of organization can be described and implemented with expected net gains is presumed to be efficient.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
In the aftermath of 9/11 and in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq, few questioned the idea that the United States was likely to be the extant superpower for several decades to come. Few anticipated how quickly the neoconservative project would run into the sands - or that China would rise so quickly.
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Michael Finkel
American Journalist
There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found in Mesopotamia and China mention people living alone in the woods. It's this primal fascination that exists across all cultures and all times.
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Oliver E. Williamson
American Economist
The presumption that an extant mode is efficient if the expected net gain is negative can nevertheless be rebutted by showing that the obstacles to implementing an otherwise superior feasible alternative are 'unfair.
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Rumaan Alam
American Author
It's not that a literature for children of color doesn't exist; it's that so much of the extant literature is lacking in the essential quality that makes literature for children so extraordinary a form: imagination.
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Joseph Jacobs
Australian Historian
Obscure as still remains the origin of that 'genre' of romance to which the tales before us belong, there is little doubt that their models, if not their originals, were once extant at Constantinople.
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Richard Russo
American Novelist
I looked back at some of my earlier published stories with genuine horror and remorse. I got thinking, How many extant copies might there be, who owns them, and do they keep their doors locked?
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Linda Colley
British Historian
America is the proud possessor of the oldest extant written constitution in the world, which was for its time - 1787 - a highly innovative and important document.
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Bob Geldof
Irish Actor
There is not a single extant study that supports all the arguments against men being with their children. It's absolute bollocks.
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
There is always a present and extant life, be it better or worse, which all combine to uphold.
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