Be born and Exist

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Be born verb - Come into existence through birth.

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Exist and be born are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exist" instead a verb phrase "Be born".

Exist verb - To have life.

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Be born and exist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Be born" instead a verb "Exist".

Nearby Words: existence, existing

The only reason they exist at all is because of a curse on a human family that causes some of their daughters to be born as mermaids.

Source: Mermaid Problem
This is justified by the fact that, if they alter history too much, all the kalachakras who will be born in the future will cease to exist.

Source: Literature / The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August
If a time traveler were to go back and kill his/her grandfather, even though another one of them wouldn't be born as a result, they've already caused the event, so they'll still exist.

Source: Temporal Paradox

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