as in essential
impossible to do without
fully aware that he was an indispensable assistant, he decided that it was high time that he be paid what he was worth
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Recent Examples of indispensable
The anti-glare coating, meanwhile, is indispensable for outdoor visibility.
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PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Researchers continue to uncover the extensive benefits of vitamin D in the body, supporting its indispensable role in nutrition and health.
—Cristina Palacios, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
These information superhighways are a major engine for the modern economy and are indispensable for things such as almost instantaneous financial transactions and real-time diplomatic and military communications.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Cybersecurity stocks remain an indispensable part of an investment portfolio — no matter what’s happening with global trade.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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PC Magazine, 19 Apr. 2025
Researchers continue to uncover the extensive benefits of vitamin D in the body, supporting its indispensable role in nutrition and health.
—Cristina Palacios, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025
These information superhighways are a major engine for the modern economy and are indispensable for things such as almost instantaneous financial transactions and real-time diplomatic and military communications.
—John Calabrese, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Cybersecurity stocks remain an indispensable part of an investment portfolio — no matter what’s happening with global trade.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for indispensable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indispensable
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Now, Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is emerging as its essential companion.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Chinese officials began asking foreign companies as early as the second week of April to name the U.S. imports that are essential to their operations and can't easily be replaced, said one of the people.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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During a 2020 heat wave, California’s grid operator was forced to institute rotating outages, a necessary step to protect the grid in California and neighboring states.—
Michael Wara,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2025
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Though this is promising, additional evidence is necessary to confirm the potential role peptides may play in protection against sun damage.13 3.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
25 Apr. 2025
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Glyphosate is used widely as an integral part of raising crops including corn, soybeans and cotton genetically modified to resist its killer effect, and as a desiccant on potatoes, sugar beets, wheat and other crops just before harvest.—
John Klar,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2025
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In Super Nintendo World, for example, restaurants and stores are integral parts of the narrative journey — offering moments of discovery and interaction, not simply transactions.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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White children also had fewer days from termination of parental rights to adoption finalization, a required step in the adoption process, with an average time of 273.5 days.—
Cheyanne M. Daniels,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Heat assert Pena hasn’t used the marks at issue in commerce, a required step under trademark law.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Who promises tomorrows to a whole needful planet, restrikes that match?—
Corey Van Landingham,
The New Yorker,
19 June 2023
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What sort of response was needful?—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2013
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These exercises are vital in strengthening our collective defense posture and operational readiness.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Apr. 2025
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Florida’s 2,400-square-mile Everglades wetland is a water, wildlife and fisheries reserve unrivaled on the North American continent, and for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, saving the ecosystem is vital to the future of the state.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Indispensable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indispensable. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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