essence
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But in essence, California is about the idea that the coast is not owned by anyone, it’s owned by everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
In essence, Villa are bringing in valuable experience but how much Goretzka has left to give on the field remains to be seen.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Druckenmiller’s opposition to Treasury policy in essence boils down to Margaret Thatcher’s famous dictum: “You cannot buck the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
In essence, it is a tourism industry built around the feelings that have made things like roller coasters so popular for a century—but vastly magnified and in spectacular natural settings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Every feeling, and with the sense that they’d been stripped down to their essence, revealed for the first time in all their unspeakable beauty, their unbearable fragility.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
"One of the essences of this game is being able to figure out different ways of using each of these echoes," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Further, although chemically derived vanilla essences are available cheaply, they do not match the flavor of natural vanilla extract, and the demand for the latter continues to remain high.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
The exhibition also includes tools for cutting and pressing the plants and extracting their essential essences.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
Inside Aftel's atelier and museum, one is immediately engulfed by the artist's "scent organ," comprised of hundreds of bottles in rows filled with essences.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
She bade me join her at her cupboard, where her busy fingers darted through small drawers, poured powders into folded papers, and filled several small jars with essences and extracts.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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