essentially

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U.S. electricity consumption remained essentially flat from 2005 to 2020, according to the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

“When we use neutral atoms, they essentially connect to each other using light,” Bokhari explained.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Feldman suspects the outperformance comes because such deals essentially carve out an unloved unit from a bigger company and matches it with a focused partner that can better extract value through greater scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

That description is essentially true; as a puppet designer and puppeteer, his job entails figuring out how to materialize figments of the imagination.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

In a family of immigrants where the Saedis were essentially the only ones who hadn't been granted permanent residency, we were already at a disadvantage.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi