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
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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