essentially
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“Floating in Hong Kong is essentially Plan C after Plans A and B went awry,” Dan Coatsworth, head of markets at AJ Bell, wrote in a recent note.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Governments and corporations sell bonds - essentially an IOU - to raise money for spending, and in return they pay interest.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The world existed long before we had text, and using it to describe the world is going to essentially miss core aspects.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A Treasury bond is essentially a loan to the U.S. government.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
The trailer was a fifty-foot flatbed rigged for scrapping, essentially a giant bucket.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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