all-important
Example Sentences
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"Ten years ago, matchday was all-important. Today broadcast is all-important," he said.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
After “Let ’Em In,” McCartney asked his band member Brian Ray to show off the song’s all-important bass line: a single note plucked over and over and over again.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
By offering students and parents advice on university applications and choice of majors, he sought to help them achieve what many view as an all-important goal: better job prospects.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Nonfood sales led the fall in the run-up to the all-important holiday period, though food-and-drink sales volumes inched up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
On the all-important question of sovereignty, the same artfully contrived ambiguity also obtained: Sovereignty did not reside with the federal government or the individual states; it resided with “the people.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
