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important

[im-pawr-tnt] / ɪmˈpɔr tnt /




ADJECTIVE
having personal or emotional value
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Let’s get to the important stuff straight away: Who’s going to win the 2026 World Cup?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Creating a properly functioning and trusted recruitment department is every bit as important.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“I find it insane how someone can be denied one of their five senses, and not only one of their five senses, but one of the most important senses that you could possibly have.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

“This is one of the more important industrial separations, not because it is dramatic, but because it makes sense,” says The Edge research founder Jim Osman.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Dissenters argued that true freedom and independence for Filipinos should be more important than American imperialism.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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