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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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Yet Maresca played down the importance of the result, saying: "It's a defeat that hurts us, but it's just the beginning."

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

He included a list of them, adding: “It is of paramount importance that these also be reviewed expeditiously.”

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

Despite its importance, however, the hypothesis had rarely been evaluated using large empirical datasets spanning a broad range of insects.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

“This offshore fracking proposal really illustrates the importance of having the state have a say in projects that affect its coastal resources,” said Maggie Hall, deputy chief counsel at the Environmental Defense Center.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“In my class you will learn the importance of the story incant and its connections to West African cultures. Where once upon a time is more than just a tale told to you at bedtime.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

The chromatic differences of other errors of reproduction have seldom practical importances.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

She replied nothing at first, till he feared she might think it her duty to resent a question that made light of all her husband's importances.

From Madame De Mauves by Henry James

The difficulty lies in the nice appreciation of relative importances and in the giving each detail neither more nor less than its due. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler

Van Eyck’s finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler




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