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- verb Present participle of
pre-exist . Alternative spelling ofpreexisting .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective existing previously or before something
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Examples
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Some of us have diabetes before becoming pregnant; this is known as pre-existing diabetes.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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Some of us have diabetes before becoming pregnant; this is known as pre-existing diabetes.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth THE BOSTON WOMEN’S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE 2008
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The federal government just made it a lot easier to get insurance through the "high risk pools" sometimes called "pre-existing condition" programs that operate in each state.
Linda Bergthold: The Best Kept Secret of Health Reform Linda Bergthold 2011
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The federal government just made it a lot easier to get insurance through the "high risk pools" sometimes called "pre-existing condition" programs that operate in each state.
Linda Bergthold: The Best Kept Secret of Health Reform Linda Bergthold 2011
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The federal government just made it a lot easier to get insurance through the "high risk pools" sometimes called "pre-existing condition" programs that operate in each state.
Linda Bergthold: The Best Kept Secret of Health Reform Linda Bergthold 2011
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The federal government just made it a lot easier to get insurance through the "high risk pools" sometimes called "pre-existing condition" programs that operate in each state.
Linda Bergthold: The Best Kept Secret of Health Reform Linda Bergthold 2011
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He outlawed the use of those so-called pre-existing conditions that forced many Americans to go without health insurance or pay exorbitant premiums.
CNN.com 2011
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However, we also find that greater pre-existing warmth toward Catholics at time 1 predicts gaining a Catholic friend at time 2, which calls the direction of causality into question.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Judge Vinson writes on page 62 of the ruling that the goal of "excluding or charging higher rates to people with pre-existing conditions" is clearly "legitimate" and "within the scope of the Constitution."
Yet another gaping hole in Vinson's ruling? Greg Sargent 2011
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Since September, the health reform law has barred insurers from withholding policies to children under 19 who have a pre-existing condition.
Wonkbook: Filibuster reform dead Ezra Klein 2011
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