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
Mr. Batiste’s originals distill Monk’s essence yet further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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
The essence of Darwin’s disruptive genius was his ability to think about nature not as fact—but as process, as progression, as history.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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"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 Isley Brothers didn’t pioneer styles so much as crystallize their essences, on singles that turned into enduring classics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
The exhibition also includes tools for cutting and pressing the plants and extracting their essential essences.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
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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