essential
Example Sentences
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“The project will generate $28.75 million in annual property tax revenue for local schools, fire departments, libraries, and essential services.”
From Los Angeles Times
Farmers are paying "crippling increases" in the cost of essential fertiliser and fuel as the global price of oil rises.
From BBC
Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke by phone Sunday and “agreed that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was essential to ensure stability in the global energy market,” the prime minister’s office said.
"Walking the tightrope of providing guidance to residents and recovering council tax arrears to fund essential local authority services is no doubt difficult," it said in its report called Clear, Fair, Understandable.
From BBC
A Downing Street spokesperson said the leaders "agreed that reopening the Strait of Hormuz was essential to ensure stability in the global energy market" during the conversation on Sunday evening.
From BBC
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