importance
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"I am concerned that these cuts are particularly targeted towards mental health care services that are of equal importance to patients."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The importance of career opportunities like networking and interning just wasn’t top of mind for Erle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Six different codons encode arginine, highlighting its broad importance in protein production.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 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
“Thank you, but I have instructions to hand the item to him personally. It is an object of particular importance to Lord Ashton.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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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
The chromatic differences of other errors of reproduction have seldom practical importances.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
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
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
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)