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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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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

Given the lack of options in that position, and also Tierney's importance to the league champions, that is hardly a surprise.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Despite the importance of tax paperwork, Ms. Lowrey’s examination of the subject takes up only a few pages in the book.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

Let me remind you that Major Puff was a puffin whose ancestors were responsible for winning half a dozen wars, not to mention twenty-eighty significant battles and countless skirmishes of varied importance.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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)

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 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

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

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

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 Solomon, Steve




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