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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-770/
- Published: 2026-09-26T17:15:04.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-26T17:15:03.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

extant (adjective) -

1a: currently or actually existing  
b: still existing : not destroyed or lost  
2 *archaic* : standing out or above

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extant?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Latin exstant-, exstans, present participle of exstare to stand out, be in existence, from ex- + stare to stand. Middle English, from Old English standan; akin to Old High German stantan, stān to stand, Latin stare, Greek histanai to cause to stand, set, histasthai to stand, be standing. First known use was in 1545

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