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extant

EH1 K S T AH0 N T  :  /ˈɛkstənt/

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost
[Source: WordNet]

(please note the use of the word ‘idiot,’ as it absolutely applies to the DI for their complete lack of understanding of the extant scientific literature) Link

South Africa’s oldest extant newspaper, Grocott’s Mail, from Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province reports... Link

[The picture shows] the tilting of the body axes of extant cephalopods Link

Extant literature can be divided into extant original manuscripts, copies of original manuscripts, quotations and paraphrases of passages of non-extant texts contained in other works, translations of non-extant texts into other languages, or, more recently, photocopies or digital copies of texts. Link

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