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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday that they had stressed the importance of China honoring its Busan commitments to Xi’s economic point man, Vice Premier He Lifeng.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Dr. Jennifer Rood, Interim Senior Vice Chancellor and Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical, emphasized the importance of connecting laboratory discoveries with research involving patients and broader populations.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

"I won't be going, as I'm not religious. But it's great that someone of such importance is coming," she said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

I take nothing away from, nor mean to diminish, the importance or pain of any victim, their story or their point of view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

They said they came from the government in Accra with news of the utmost importance.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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 Steve Solomon

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 Henry James

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

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 A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

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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