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indispensable

[in-di-spen-suh-buhl] / ˌɪn dɪˈspɛn sə bəl /


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Meta isn’t alone in trying to convince ordinary people that AI is indispensable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

"This discovery illustrates why fieldwork remains indispensable to understanding life's history," said the study's lead author Andres Giallombardo, who found the specimen as a graduate student on a Museum-sponsored expedition in 2004.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Down the road in the forest, two Canadian Leopard tanks were parked at an intersection, without any of the netting and drone defenses that have become indispensable in the war between Russia and Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Some may object that the court has lately made itself the indispensable man.

From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026

As mentioned above, they are built on a basis of carbon atoms, which are also the indispensable building blocks of the living world, and thus classed as “organic.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson




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