in essence
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“Being an independent artist puts me in the best position to make bad financial decisions, and that’s exactly what I do. That is what Black Book’s about. I, in essence, am an accountant’s nightmare.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Druckenmiller’s opposition to Treasury policy in essence boils down to Margaret Thatcher’s famous dictum: “You cannot buck the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Xenophon became in essence a mercenary lord, somewhat like the condottieri of Renaissance Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Tuchel has, in essence, built his England using a Premier League template in style and system, with a back four, midfield anchors in Rice and Elliot, Bellingham at '10', then two orthodox wide men.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Meggers’s “law of environmental limitation of culture,” her critics in essence say, is nothing but a green variant of Holmberg’s Mistake.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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