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important

[im-pawr-tnt] / ɪmˈpɔr tnt /




ADJECTIVE
having personal or emotional value
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He also encourages tourists to head to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, which he says is "very important for archaeology and has a great Roman, Egyptian and even Greek collection".

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

“I unfortunately kind of skipped over that part,” he said, “and I’m realizing how important that is now.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

“AI can help solve important problems involving narrow tasks even when local computing power is limited, electricity is unreliable, and internet service is dodgy.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

However, the steepest and most inaccessible terrain acted as a natural barrier, protecting important areas of old-growth forest that logging crews could not easily reach.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Clare could not begin to guess what Gingersnipes considered more important than her own eternal fate, but he was glad of the distraction nonetheless.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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