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important

[im-pawr-tnt] / ɪmˈpɔr tnt /




ADJECTIVE
having personal or emotional value
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“The single most important issue that I see, however, are older folks who get on GLP-1s,” said Nolan Fisher, a neck and back pain specialist at the Banner Health hospital system in Phoenix.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

These places include swimming pools, gyms, schools, hospitals and other places where privacy is extremely important, Micaelsen said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Self-expression is such an important part of living your truth as a trans person,” she says, so “it’s only right to see body modifications being available safely in a place like this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The UK as a whole is eager to trade with the UAE, and the country is an important diplomatic ally in the region at a time of turmoil and war.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

I think of the thing he told me his grandma said about those award plaques—that they teach kids that what we achieve is more important than who we are.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison




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