quintessence

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The key to quintessence is that it changes in value through cosmic history and can be attractive or repulsive.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023

Her volume is the quintessence of the young Los Angeles poet, who strode to a lectern at the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2022

When I’m writing a novel, adding something to it every day is for me the quintessence of practice.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2021

Nothing is more quintessentially Indian than the image of the Buddha seated in padmasana, but for that quintessence to be unlocked, for thought to enter stone, as it were, a catalyst was needed.

From New York Times • May 11, 2020

Scientists sometimes also call it vacuum energy or, more exotically, quintessence.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson