importance
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Mr. Guimarães makes a metaphor of the importance of individual rights with his first bit of sleight of hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Nailing down the importance of both ends of the pitch is the narrative, whatever kind of run of results you are on, because games are won and lost there.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The move highlights the importance of technology development and the growing role of Disney+ as the company’s so-called digital centerpiece under new chief executive Josh D’Amaro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The "safety and security" of the migrants, staff at the base and the local community would be "of the utmost importance", it said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Then the Hope Springs middle school principal talked about the problem with bake sales: promoting healthy food choices versus the importance of student-led fundraising.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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It has been wisely said that intelligence may be defined as the ability to correctly determine differences, similarities, and importances.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
She replied nothing at first, till he feared she might think it her duty to resent a question that made light of all her husband's importances.
From Madame De Mauves by Henry James
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 Steve Solomon
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 A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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 Samuel Butler