quintessential
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Marmalade has long been a quintessential British condiment, with some recipes handed down between multiple generations.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
But as Burton’s team writes in their clemency petition to Ivey, Burton’s case is an extreme outlier, “a quintessential case for the exercise of executive clemency.”
From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026
Here McDermott’s inspired staging demonstrated that Glass’ forgiving personal portrait of Walt Disney makes it the quintessential Hollywood opera that no one dares bring to squeamish Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
The novel begins with a quintessential 1940s California homemaker preparing for . . . something.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
They imagined themselves quintessential outsiders, yet felt most comfortable sitting in the inner quadrangles of Cambridge colleges.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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