“Is an existent Mother Teresa more perfect than the non-existent one?”
“Whether he did this, or whether he merely clarified an existent trend, this emphasis on measurable relations marks a turning-point in the foundation of modern science.”
“This is because, according to Justice Keen, the scope of self-defense is applicable in cases of resisting an existent threat to the party's own life.”
existing
That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.
“Unfortunately, it has become the vogue in recent years to bolster sagging cases by applying the law of probability in an attempt to strengthen weak or nonexistent evidence.”
“Sea-urchin-like forms found in inland limestones are indeed the skeletons of sea urchins which lived in a now nonexistent sea.”
“How does a nonexistent mermaid that does not have properties differ from a nonexistent unicorn that does not have properties?”