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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

In the report, the BOJ emphasized the importance of stabilizing underlying inflation around 2% to reduce the risk of overshooting its target.

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

There was a moment when no one fully took in the importance of what they saw; and then Mal understood.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

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

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

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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