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Their original press release mentioned building a new air defence systems that would be "in essence, a British Iron Dome", referencing Israel's elaborate air defence system.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Expanding on his pessimism around the AI trade, Klement told MarketWatch that, in essence, the market put itself into a bit of a capex pickle.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

I have no doubt AI music will keep improving, at least to a point, but I predict few people who actually love music are going to listen that way because it has lost its essence.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

He knows that fans love the original material and he wants to respect the essence of the time-tested songs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

The potatoes I'd been expecting have apparently either been clarified to an essence or were used to stoke the grill.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

This is a fundamental error: Ideologies are not platonic essences, existing unchanged beyond time and space.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2025

"One of the essences of this game is being able to figure out different ways of using each of these echoes," he says.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024

Further, although chemically derived vanilla essences are available cheaply, they do not match the flavor of natural vanilla extract, and the demand for the latter continues to remain high.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024

The Isley Brothers didn’t pioneer styles so much as crystallize their essences, on singles that turned into enduring classics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

Her mother gathered the flowers of particular climbing vines and sapped them of their essences and combined them with honey that she pulled from the wild hives in the tallest trees.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill