essence
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"We started with Michael Boyd at the Tron pantomime and we wanted to get the essence of that postmodern, Scottish music hall culture and put it on a big stage," he says.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Ludwig Wittgenstein declared that there is no common essence among all the different practices we call games—only a family resemblance.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
As the manager of the the California Department of Education, the state superintendent serves, in essence, as the chief staffer for the State Board of Education, whose members are appointed by the governor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
But stalking—the ability to get within a spear thrust of prey—remained the essence of hunting right up into historical times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Pauline, twenty pounds thinner, looked like a more concentrated version of herself: whittled down, somehow, pared down to her essence.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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"Mother Tongue" by Amy Tan
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