crucial
Example Sentences
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In the weeks before the College Football Playoff, the country’s top teams meticulously scripted their most important plays for the game’s most crucial situations.
The recent fire tragedies in counties Antrim and Down are reminders of how crucial it is to have a functioning smoke alarm.
From BBC
Buried in the reddish soil of southern China lies latent power: one of the largest clusters of crucial rare earths is mined around the clock by a secretive and heavily guarded industry.
From Barron's
Oostrom explained that people who stop attending religious services often lose social ties, which past research has shown play a crucial role in physical and mental health.
From Science Daily
Earlier this month, MI5 was heavily criticised by the police investigation into the state agent Stakeknife for only disclosing crucial documents years after that inquiry began.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
