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quintessential element
noun as in be-all and end-all
Example Sentences
Drive-ins were a quintessential element of car-crazed American culture in the years after World War II that had long since been written off like junkyard relics.
Many see it as a quintessential element of Denmark’s national character.
The sermonizing reflex—a quintessential element in Barack Obama’s notion of leadership—has by now taken on a life of its own.
As a native New Yorker, what is one quintessential element about the city that you love?
The EU judgement places very little value on the concept of the end-user agreement, and as this is a quintessential element of the digital distribution process, it is a significant chink in the legislation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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