essentially
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They’re essentially saying “If you want to see us, fly out.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Grimberg said that uncontrolled growth “is essentially cancer.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Reagan said essentially the same thing for decades.
From Salon • May 11, 2026
When this is the case no one party is judged to be committing an offence - essentially, they are both as bad as each other.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
His formal proposal arrived a week later, envisioning a tower that was essentially a taller version of what he had built in Paris.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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