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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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While the looseness of non-GAAP metrics is a decades-old problem, the sheer size of the latest earnings-growth forecasts means it is taking on renewed importance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The Trust said the award shows the county's importance in conserving endanged wildlife.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

"Professor Heremans always stressed the importance of trusting the data first and letting the theory follow."

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

But setting the importance of the consumer aside, the U.S. government has another incentive to protect the market.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

“I was aware of the importance of the game,” recalled Allen Kaufman, a master who was studying the game as Bobby played it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

Thus the commissioners, recovering from their panic, began to frown with importances.

From Gargoyles by Hecht, Ben

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

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

All perception of relative importances depends upon a just appreciation of which letters in association’s bond association will most readily dispense with. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Butler, Samuel

I want my readers to be intelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienic treatment and useful supporting practices.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve




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