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essence

[es-uhns] / ˈɛs əns /




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Socialization is the essence of the primate brain too.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

At some point I realized that I’d just been winging it through life, and I think stand-up gave me a little more weight to my essence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“Diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of beauty,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

"Leisa is a phenomenal talent, and casting directors and filmmakers will be sitting up and taking notice. She has warmth and charisma and that magical but unquantifiable essence that confers star status," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Robbie had captured his essence perfectly: that big nose and the way his salt-and-pepper mustache had turned upward at either end to make room for his old-man smile.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

This is a fundamental error: Ideologies are not platonic essences, existing unchanged beyond time and space.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

"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

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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