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“Paris Is Burning” remains the greatest crash course in this terminology and is essential watching for every human, not just queer people.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
For years, investors’ enthusiasm focused on makers of specialized chips known as graphics processing units, essential for training and powering generative-AI models.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
The UK Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to the UAE.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
They are a rich source of choline, which the body uses to produce compounds such as acetylcholine and phosphatidylcholine that are essential for memory and communication between brain cells.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Mendel, perhaps, was the original “anatomist” of the gene: in capturing the movement of information across generations of peas, he had described the essential structure of the gene as an indivisible corpuscle of information.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing essential
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 41-50
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