in essence
Example Sentences
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UTLA: The district has offered, in essence, an 8% raise over two years, structured in different ways.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
By doing so, the court is, in essence, nullifying state law and depriving him of “the state-created liberty interest upon which he seeks to rely.”
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2026
“The infrastructure requirements in essence more than double” the size, Halik said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
When the nurses raised their concerns, they "genuinely felt they were not being taken seriously" and were "being in essence fobbed off by senior management and seen as trouble-makers", the panel said.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
A refutation of this argument, in essence, can be found in Cicero, although of course without either typewriters or Shakespeare.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.