Exist and Remain

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Exist

Exist verb - To have life.

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Remain is a synonym for exist in live topic. In some cases you can use "Remain" instead a verb "Exist", when it comes to topics like occur, be living.

Nearby Words: existence, existing

Remain

Remain verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Exist is a synonym for remain in live topic. You can use "Exist" instead a verb "Remain".

Nearby Words: remainder, remaining

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people	exist people	remain people
thanks	exist thanks	remain thanks
place	exist place	remain place
time	exist time	remain time
Other words: way, world, evil, side, years, whatever.

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There is no valid reason (no, not even the Grandfather Clause) for such unobtainable 'mons to exist/remain event-only in later generations, making poor Mew a Franchise Original Sin in this regard.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon
Digimon Xros Wars plays it straight in a similar way to Frontier, since the adults remain completely unaware that Digimon even exist.

Source: Adults Are Useless
It asks the question: what if Rachel had not healed the Phoenix magicite, and had instead used its power to remain alive, and what would happen after Kefka's defeat, when magic ceased to exist?

Source: Fanfic Recs / Final Fantasy VI

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