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Example from a dialog:

> なにか あったら 話すし、なんでも話せる 存在だし

Approximate translation:

> We'd talk whenever something happened, I could talk to you about anything

My dictionary says that 存在 means "existence; being; subsistence". The 存在だ in
my example is related to this meaning, but it must carry some nuance that I
don't understand. How would the meaning change if 存在だ was deleted from the
sentence? Is it kinda similar to なんでも話せることがあるし?
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The meaning of 存在だ
This 存在 is indeed "being" or "existence", but it substitutes not もの/こと but
人/人間 here. なんでも話せる存在だ is roughly the same as なんでも話せる人だ, or "[you] are someone
who I can talk about anything with".

This type of 存在 commonly appears as a replacement of 人 or 物 when talking about
the meaning/significance of that person/thing.

  * 彼にとって私はどういう存在なの？  
What do I mean to him? / What kind of person am I to him?  
(存在 = 人間)

  * 現代人にとってスマホは欠かせない存在だ。  
A smartphone is something indispensable for modern people.  
(存在 = もの)

なんでも話せることがある would mean something totally different ("There are many things I
can talk about with you").
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As idiomatic English, I've sometimes seen (and sometimes used myself) the
translation "presence" for when 存在 is used as a noun describing a person.

Per your sample sentence:

> なんでも話せる 存在だし  
>  [You] are a presence [in my life] where we could talk about anything

This isn't a terribly smooth translation -- I'm deliberately trying to
illustrate how 存在 is used here.
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In 大辞泉, 存在 is defined as 人間や事物が、あること。また、その人間や事物。and in oxford languages it is
defined as 事物があること。人物が居ること。また、その、ある（居る）もの。so, it could express the action of
existing(人間や事物が、あること。) or the object that is existing(また、その人間や事物。).
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