all-important
Example Sentences
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The idea is that the all-important shipping route for global energy supplies will remain effectively shut until the economic costs of its closure—including higher oil prices and accelerating inflation—start piling up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
"Ten years ago, matchday was all-important. Today broadcast is all-important," he said.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
After “Let ’Em In,” McCartney asked his band member Brian Ray to show off the song’s all-important bass line: a single note plucked over and over and over again.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
No oil has been imported to the island since January 9, hitting the power sector while also forcing airlines to curtail flights to the island, a blow to the all-important tourism sector.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
These are “executive function” tasks, meaning they engage the prefrontal cortex, that all-important part of the brain involved in focus.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
