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Meanings of existential threat in English

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Usage of existential threat in English
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It was a global problem, an existential threat, with sweeping economic implications.
The Guardian
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And is it causing an existential threat? he said in the interview.
Reuters
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In other words, the DTCC realizes that it's embracing an existential threat.
Wired
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Does it pose an existential threat, what can be done about it?
Reuters
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But that doesn't work with an existential threat like nuclear terrorism.
The way of the world
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The Soviet Union was an existential threat during the cold war.
The Guardian
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It's easy to forget what an existential threat television once presented to cinema.
The Guardian
8
But they seem to pose an existential threat to the multibillion-dollar scooter industry.
The Verge
9
They saw an existential threat and they came together, he added.
Reuters
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He represents an existential threat to our country and our values.
News.com.au
11
I never thought I would experience what existential threat felt like.
Radio NZ
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They see direct sales of any sort as an existential threat.
Reuters
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But, he added, I do not consider it an existential threat.
Reuters
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They also testify to the existential threat that was implied in first contact.
The Guardian
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He describes it as a terrorist group and an existential threat to Egypt.
Reuters
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But next to no one is speaking about that existential threat at all.
The Guardian
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