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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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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

Chalco is also likely to benefit from the Chinese government’s support of parent company Chinalco, due to the state-owned enterprise’s strategic importance to China’s energy transition, power infrastructure and resource-security objectives, Fitch says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He said it could also add to interest in protecting maerl beds, which were "already of the greatest importance to all of the other plants, animals and microbes in the ecological community that they support".

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The reverend explained to them the importance of the mission.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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

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)

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 James, Henry

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

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




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