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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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At Vanguard, which has historically had a very DIY approach, advice is now taking on more importance.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

She took a ride on the Magic School Bus in 1996 to stress the importance of recycling and environmental conservation.

From Salon Aug. 27, 2026

"To see so many choughs successfully breeding and feeding across the Lizard is incredibly encouraging and highlights the importance of continuing to care for this special landscape for future generations."

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Her parents’ divorce was a formative lesson in the importance of navigating conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

As growing numbers of Colored people had migrated to the area over the previous decades, the importance of educating them had become increasingly clear.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

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 Henry James

The chromatic differences of other errors of reproduction have seldom practical importances.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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 Samuel Butler

For when we feel that a painter has made simplicity and subordination of importances his first aim, it is surprising how much shortcoming we will condone as regards actual execution. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler




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