indispensable
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As secretary of state, one of us saw firsthand how indispensable the U.S. was in arresting the epidemic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Coal has long been black gold for China's economy, and remains indispensable to keeping the lights on for its population of 1.4 billion people.
From BBC • May 31, 2026
Americans took copies with them from the original 13 states as the frontier moved westward; these, Mr. Auslin writes, became “an indispensable furnishing and handbook.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
One of Latin America’s most indispensable storytellers, Martel is fascinated by how prevalent that dream still is in L.A. — that movies can change your life overnight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
They are, by and large, indispensable to each other, living in interdependent communities in the soil or sea.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Vocabulary lists containing indispensable
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
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Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789)
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