vital
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China’s export growth accelerated in May, offering a vital lifeline to an economy otherwise bogged down by a persistent domestic slowdown.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
And now Beijing is trying to reassert sway over a strategically vital yet deeply unpredictable partner.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
For Reed and De Maria, their fame was far more fleeting and their vital work seemingly forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
In sum, it all sounds less like a good-faith effort to invigorate a vital newsmagazine for modern times—and more like an effort to have it fall apart, piece by piece.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Inside the tank was 2.3 million gallons of molasses, the product that had been a vital part of the slave trade of the 1600s and 1700s.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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