consequential
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Paul Celan survived the Holocaust and became the most consequential postwar German-language poet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
He has written his views into law in cases as consequential as the massive Second Amendment expansion in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v.
From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026
These are not minor technical adjustments, but consequential policy changes that can reshape index performance.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Over and over again the prime minister's most consequential judgement in office circles back into ministers' airspace – and today it will do with gusto.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The top 20 percent routinely exercises other, far more consequential forms of power in the world.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Vocabulary lists containing consequential
Vocabulary from Hillary Clinton's Concession Speech, November 9, 2016
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