essentially
Example Sentences
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"It essentially meant that we didn't have to be the bad guys," Sam says.
From BBC
Most American professional sports leagues have a CBA — essentially a labor contract between an organization and its workforce, in which workers can agree to fines for certain violations, among other workplace issues.
From MarketWatch
“He had a powerful business partner, I believe, who died suddenly and left him everything: so he essentially inherited the city wholesale. Anja has a network of people who report to her,” said Irian.
From Literature
GDP by industry was essentially unchanged between October and November at 2.327 trillion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of US$1.725 trillion, Statistics Canada said.
It was Elon Musk’s gamble that a company could be built on a vehicle powered by what was commonly dismissed by rivals at the time as essentially laptop batteries.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
