essence
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In essence, his side were more successful when they had less of the ball - something that will rarely happen now he is at Anfield.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Druckenmiller’s opposition to Treasury policy in essence boils down to Margaret Thatcher’s famous dictum: “You cannot buck the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
"In essence, we have built a light-driven nanorobot that can track down and collect bacteria," says Jin Qin, lead experimental scientist of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
MLB rosters are set at 26 players, but it seems the Dodgers are playing with, in essence, 28 to 30 men each week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
“It was a private journey as much as a public one. He was searching for his personal essence as much as he was making a political statement.”
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
“We as humans are very much interested in each others essences, thoughts and feelings,” he said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2025
"One of the essences of this game is being able to figure out different ways of using each of these echoes," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Further, although chemically derived vanilla essences are available cheaply, they do not match the flavor of natural vanilla extract, and the demand for the latter continues to remain high.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
The exhibition also includes tools for cutting and pressing the plants and extracting their essential essences.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
Her mother gathered the flowers of particular climbing vines and sapped them of their essences and combined them with honey that she pulled from the wild hives in the tallest trees.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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