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  • adjective Always present; always there; ubiquitous; omnipresent.
  • noun UK, sports An athlete who is both healthy enough and capable enough to be present in every contest.

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  • adjective being always present

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Examples

  • It's interesting in that this combines the best aspect of live theater with the Internet -- that is, the ever-present possibility that someone will do something absolutely insane in a highly public forum while acting in an official capacity.

    Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2011

  • The 58 participants in the Tour de Pakistan compete under armed escort given the ever-present threat of terrorism.

    That French Bike Race Might Seem Easy Compared to This One Nicolas Brulliard 2011

  • "There's baggage, and there's Terminal 5." — Mistresses' Siobhan, warning her new love interest that he's wading into dangerous waters like the ever-present ex she's still pining for. ...

    Matt's TV Week in Review: Stunts on Grey's and Glee, and More 2012

  • You then heap on top of this steaming fetid mess an aging space transportation system, with it's ever-present 'doomsday' scenario of another deadly accident, which looms and lurks like stage-4 cancer.

    $3 billion Per Year To Keep Shuttles Flying - NASA Watch 2009

  • The writing is so trite that when the teens balk in an upcoming episode at the idea of a Family Night to which the ever-present ex-husbands are invited, we share their despair.

    The Guide to Wednesday TV: Two New Comedies to Hate, the Whitechapel Finale 2011

  • As Janice and I ambled along the crowded sidewalk, I touched the Blessed Mother pendant ever-present around my neck and thought some more about my mother.

    Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011

  • Around them the birds and the ever-present alligators were nearly deafening.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • Nicolas Brulliard for The Wall Street Journal The 58 participants in the Tour de Pakistan compete under armed escort, given the ever-present threat of terrorism.

    Riding in the Tour de Pakistan 2011

  • There was an underlying roar beneath the ever-present calls of thousands of birds that were growing louder by the minute.

    Judge deveraux The Scent of Jasmine 2011

  • "For Villa, seven players were ever-present," writes Tony Davis.

    Are Dundee United the most efficient championship winners ever? | The Knowledge 2011

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