vital

Example Sentences

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Those spending big on data centers to power the artificial-intelligence boom have already shown they don’t much care about soaring costs for vital parts such as chips and generators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz, vital for global energy trade, has been effectively closed.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Keeping that water cold enough for salmon puts limits on how much water federal managers can deliver from Lake Shasta — a vital irrigation supply for Central Valley farmers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Such a shift is vital at this moment in history, when so much of modern life is designed to ask almost nothing of us.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Overnight, other response teams had been formed to clean up debris so workers could get to the reactor buildings, and to set up vital systems to get power and water to them.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland