importance
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Aside from officials in China who may have retaliated against the printer, no one would have ascribed it any importance whatsoever.
From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2026
Later that month, Huang scored a meeting with the president at the White House after Trump’s advisers told him about Nvidia’s importance to the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Just as the team needs to move past a loss, Maiava understands the importance of looking beyond arguably the team’s best win of the season and remaining focused on the present.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
BBC's Bernd Debusmann breaks down why Hegseth's group was reprimanded, the history behind the strict rules governing visitor behaviour and the importance of maintaining an atmosphere of silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“Listen to me. I do not mean to diminish the importance of a graduation party in a girl’s life—but I will say that what you came here to do is so much more important.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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 Samuel Butler
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
Van Eyck’s finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
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