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important

[im-pawr-tnt] / ɪmˈpɔr tnt /




ADJECTIVE
having personal or emotional value
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The coming ADP report for May provides an important clue ahead of Friday’s official jobs report.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“Everybody assumes money is the most important thing, that you can quote-unquote ‘buy an election’ with all that money,” said Jason McDaniel, an associate professor of political science at San Francisco State University.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Perhaps the most important of these is the Constitution’s guarantee clause, which provides that “the United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a Republican Form of Government.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Google has nine months to bring all the changes in, but the CMA says it wants to see "important parts" of the requirements implemented earlier.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“To capture the whole war hero, the whole girl. Here she is at work, connecting important calls of the country. Here she is at home, reading and doing her needlework, perhaps by the fireplace.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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