essence

Example Sentences

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In essence, his attacking output has more than halved.

From BBC

In essence, Ivanov said, "It's the highest redshift, spectroscopically confirmed, unlensed barred spiral galaxy."

From Science Daily

The genes were biologically "toxic" to humans, researchers hypothesized, and eventually purged out -- in essence, the children who inherited those traits might not have lived to pass them on.

From Barron's

What, in essence, is the job of a racing driver?

From BBC

"In essence, our nation would provide the raw materials for scientific discovery without any assurance that the end products would be accessible to our people should a future health crisis emerge."

From BBC