Timeline for What is the appropriate usage of 'extant'?
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| Oct 13, 2017 at 14:28 | answer | added | A.T. Gyuris | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 22:28 | vote | accept | hawkeye | ||
| Jun 26, 2015 at 15:03 | comment | added | Kris | See also: englishthesaurus.net/antonym/extant | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 14:58 | comment | added | Kris | Extant is not extinct -- HTH. re: "I hadn't heard the word used": We are all more familiar with extinct instead. | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:50 | answer | added | Edwin Ashworth | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:48 | answer | added | user66974 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:38 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | The post-modifier '... in existence' would be a little more normal, and 'available' better, but I think most of us would say 'there are' or 'money can buy'. Note that the 'still in existence' sense can't apply here. M-W has a : currently or actually existing <the most charming writer extant — G. W. Johnson> b : still existing : | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:38 | answer | added | nomad | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:33 | comment | added | mfoy_ | I'm inclined to agree that it's just a synonym for existing albeit a few letters shorter, which could be useful when setting typography and tweets. In your picture, the word existing would be a bit longer and would make them use a smaller font to fit the phrase. | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:29 | history | asked | hawkeye | CC BY-SA 3.0 |