essentially
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“It’s essentially a drop-in molecule that can piggyback on existing infrastructure,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Anshel Pfeffer says that it's difficult to sway the base vote in the ultra-Orthodox community, where most still essentially follow what their rabbi says they should do.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Long Beach on Tuesday began dredging Alamitos Bay and is moving sand to the beach on the wave-battered Peninsula, using, essentially, a giant hose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
"There’s essentially no likelihood of success," Muller wrote on the Election Law Blog.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“All we have to do is show up for the first day of practice, and essentially we’re on the team,” I said, trying to make it sound easy.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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