essential
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“The Trump administration continues to monitor the situation and overall health of the U.S. aviation industry that millions of Americans rely on every day for essential travel and their livelihoods,” Desai said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
And it is increasingly seen as essential for success in kindergarten and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Rather than competing directly with the developers of large language models, Adobe is positioning itself as the essential governance and intelligence layer above them, Murphy said.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
"When radiocarbon values approach the limit of calibration, it is essential not to assign more precision than the data can actually support. In such cases, the comparison between archaeology, radiocarbon dating, and genetics becomes crucial."
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Mendel, perhaps, was the original “anatomist” of the gene: in capturing the movement of information across generations of peas, he had described the essential structure of the gene as an indivisible corpuscle of information.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing essential
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 41-50
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