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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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She begins to realize her own importance in the filmmaking process, feeling “more together, active, confident than at almost any time I can remember.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

No one truly disputes the importance of due process to handle accusations of sexual violence.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Give personal life equal importance - it will help you fly longer," he advised.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Although alpha-synuclein has major clinical importance, researchers have not fully understood the cellular processes that cause it to accumulate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

He emphasized the critical importance of good lab work to determine which drugs to use for which patient.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Thus the commissioners, recovering from their panic, began to frown with importances.

From Gargoyles by Ben Hecht

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

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 Steve Solomon

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

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

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




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