importance
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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
Six different codons encode arginine, highlighting its broad importance in protein production.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Hydatid disease can be passed from dogs to humans, and public health campaigns about 25 years ago highlighted the importance of regular worming treatments and hand hygiene after handling animals.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
But she knew her former headmistress well; for whatever reason, this business about Penelope’s hair seemed to be a matter of real importance to Miss Mortimer, and there would be no argument.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
One of the actual penalties of this is that so few of such ancient importances remain definable or presentable.
From Notes of a Son and Brother by James, Henry
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)
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 Solomon, Steve
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
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