essentially
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Bread pudding is essentially a blank canvas for whatever bits and bobs are floating around your kitchen waiting for purpose.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
Fellow analysts seemed to take the view that the company was essentially “bankrupt and didn’t even know it,” thanks to uncertainty around the eventual costs of the merchant suit, Maurer told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026
For some analysts, this re-focusing is essentially the best option for the Saudi authorities and a way for them to save Vision 2030 itself.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
She won 56% of the vote in a contest that some locals describe as essentially a popularity contest.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
It wasn't that he was rotten, but just that he smelled like his body had mistaken its organs for garbage and that he was essentially a walking, talking trash can.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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