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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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What was the importance of those locations for you?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“Despite their importance in public discourse,” Landy and his colleagues wrote in a 2013 paper, “numbers in the range of 1 million to 1 trillion are notoriously difficult to understand.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

These include the water paradox, the importance of the micro-nano structure of Earth's surface, and the unique physicochemical properties of water and dry-wet cycling environments that may have influenced prebiotic chemistry.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

We all know the importance of winning this game for Scotland in terms of them getting out of their group for the first time at a World Cup, but I would not under-estimate Haiti.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Let me remind you that Major Puff was a puffin whose ancestors were responsible for winning half a dozen wars, not to mention twenty-eighty significant battles and countless skirmishes of varied importance.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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