Extant and Running

Extant

Extant adjective - Having being at the present time.

Running and extant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Running" instead an adjective "Extant".

Running

Running adjective - Being in effective operation.

Extant and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extant" instead an adjective "Running".

Nearby Words: run, runner

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Discworld Some background material has emerged - scouting is extant in Ankh-Morpork according to one of the short stories in the A Blink of the Screen collection and a scene where Carrot is running a scout troop comprised of two rival gangs appears in Jingo.
  • Long Runners The Archers (radio soap set in a rural farming community) has run since 1951 on BBC radio, and is now the world's longest-running extant Soap Opera in any medium (since the cancellation of Guiding Light).
    Source: Long Runners
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