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"were already present" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that was already there before a certain point in time. Example: When we arrived at the party, the decorations were already present and the music was playing.
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Wings were already present in birds before hummingbirds evolved.
Subtle connectivity disruptions and hypometabolism were already present in amyloid-positive asymptomatic subjects.
There is good evidence that oceans were already present, predating life by several hundred million years.
Five of them were already present at diagnosis and five only at relapse.
Countries where think tanks were already present witnessed further organizational growth.
To assess whether socioeconomic inequalities were already present in preschool children.
By then, movie and still cameras were already present, and they would soon come to dominate how wars were seen.
Migration into Syria and Iraq already had a long history; Arabs, both migratory and settled, were already present there.
They are widespread in rocks as old as 3.5 billion years, implying that the oceans were already present.
Crystalline surface layers were already present after quenching, causing an out-of-plane anisotropy in the amorphous bulk.
Various integrated systems were already present in Stockholm when discussions began around the development of the Hammarby Model.
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Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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