essence
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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
This level of detail is the essence of his songwriting—by singling out the character actor from films like “Contact” and “Armageddon,” he shows how we fixate on ephemera as a way of avoiding existential terror.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"In essence, we have built a light-driven nanorobot that can track down and collect bacteria," says Jin Qin, lead experimental scientist of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
That was the essence of what “slave power” meant.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
"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
In addition, there’s something of a disconnect between the younger and older Tom’s personalities; their essences don’t fully align.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
It’s a matrix light, a recombinant light that disintegrates hard lines and planes, rearranging objects to their essences.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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