essence
Example Sentences
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The essence of modernity, Mr. Mansfield argues, lies in the idea of “rational control.”
"I wanted to see whether, when you strip away the usual Chanel signatures - the tweed, the jewelled buttons - you can still get to that essence," he told WWD.
From BBC
“Time is running out, it is truly of the essence!” he said in the post.
From MarketWatch
Zionism is, in essence, a communitarian nationalism: the assertion of a people’s right to self-determination in its ancestral homeland.
“The infrastructure requirements in essence more than double” the size, Halik said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
