importance
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The importance of career opportunities like networking and interning just wasn’t top of mind for Erle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
The struggles many people had with the smoke are a sad reminder of the importance air quality has for our health.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Plus, supersizing your retirement savings, the importance of oral health and how Gen X keeps the party going.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Now in its fifth season, the growing prestige and importance of the event has been highlighted by Liverpool making their debut this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
For most involved in the excavation, the presence and importance of the wooden tags was unexpected.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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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 Butler, Samuel
In the particular juncture, the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Tracy, took my view of relative importances, and time was secured me.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
One of the actual penalties of this is that so few of such ancient importances remain definable or presentable.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry
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 Butler, Samuel
We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.
From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake