continued existence

collocation in English

meaningsofcontinuedandexistence

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continued
adjective[before noun]
uk
/kənˈtɪn.juːd/
us
/kənˈtɪn.juːd/
still happening, existing, ...
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existence
noun
uk
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
us
/ɪɡˈzɪs.təns/
the fact of something or ...
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(Definition ofcontinuedandexistencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcontinued existence

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We are dependent on many things for ourcontinuedexistence.
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As the opportunity value ofcontinuedexistenceshrinks, the corresponding duty fades to insignificance and eventually disappears altogether.
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One studied the process which is responsible for thecontinuedexistenceof an institution (in the face of changes due to - mainly natural - external phenomena).
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In carrying out this imperative of theircontinuedexistence, animals exert changes in their geometric configuration in space (in brief, shape) to several ends.
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He called thecontinuedexistenceof the union a miracle.
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But theircontinuedexistenceis a matter of more than local concern.
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At a mundane level, acceptance by major political groupings helps to assurecontinuedexistence.
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It seems that a form ofcontinuedexistence, or stability, especially of the large classical disciplines - such as physics, chemistry, or history - can be observed.
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Anyone who cannot be independent will always be dependent on others for hiscontinuedexistence.
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I have no recent examples to support itscontinuedexistenceand will classify it as category (3).
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In the late 1980s, thecontinuedexistenceof the villages was taken more or less for granted.
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On the first account, the gain consists in thecontinuedexistenceof the boat.
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Though contemporary members of the community may not be the originators of the customary norm, itscontinuedexistencedepends on their attitude toward it.
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In some policy areas, thecontinuedexistenceof the institution did not inhibit federal spending but encouraged it.
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Permitting immorality harms society by undermining society's morality, upon which the society depends for itscontinuedexistence.
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The extensions can be eithercontinuedexistencein the supernatural realm, physical resurrection, or reincarnation.
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Place and narrative are interdependent, each ultimately requiring the other for itscontinuedexistence.
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Ideological values are explicit, authoritative, and totalistic; and their systematic inculcation is of central importance for thecontinuedexistenceof the movement.
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