Extant
[EK-stənt]
Part of speech: adjective
Origin: Latin, mid-16th century
1.
(Especially of a document) Still in existence; surviving.
Examples of Extant in a sentence
"Since the original document was no longer extant, the team settled for secondary sources."
"Unfortunately, there was a very small amount of extant work in Jessica’s chosen field."
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