key

Example Sentences

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The time of year it happened meant many key migratory birds had not arrived back to Pembrokeshire's cliffs and islands - and the wind direction blew some of the oil away from the coast.

From BBC

With Jude Bellingham out injured and Mbappe sitting on the bench, Vinicius seemed to have more freedom to roam and revelled in being the key attacking figure.

From Barron's

A key factor, the report noted, is that creatives in New York make around 23 percent less than the national average when accounting for the cost of living.

From Barron's

So many choose to travel by rail - and this section of line in Dawlish, just along from the Jurassic Coast, holds the key to trains arriving on time, or at all.

From BBC

Part of having a melting pot of a clubhouse means missing some key ingredients for an extended period of spring training.

From Los Angeles Times