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as in intrinsic
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a car dealer respected for his integral honesty and straightforwardness with customers
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as in essential
impossible to do without
she's an integral member of the team of archaeologists at that dig
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as in entire
not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it
a prep school that adheres to the belief that athletics are essential to an integral life
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Recent Examples of integral
To some, the experiment provided the first proof that astrocytes are integral parts of neural circuits.
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Salesforce is also backing the project, and its subsidiary Slack was integral to the production, principals said.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
Ringer joined Verve as a talent agent in 2022, after 12 years at ICM, tapped by Head of Talent, Sean Grumman, to play an integral role in building and expanding the Talent Team.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Marshall won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his Marshall Plan, which was integral in the economic restructuring of Europe after the war.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Ingrid Wickelgren, Quanta Magazine, 30 Jan. 2026
Salesforce is also backing the project, and its subsidiary Slack was integral to the production, principals said.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
Ringer joined Verve as a talent agent in 2022, after 12 years at ICM, tapped by Head of Talent, Sean Grumman, to play an integral role in building and expanding the Talent Team.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2026
Marshall won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for his Marshall Plan, which was integral in the economic restructuring of Europe after the war.
—Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for integral
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There is a kind of intrinsic magnet present in this journey, which become ours.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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Published in the journal Science, the study points out that the efficient heat dissipation is fundamentally limited by intrinsic scattering mechanisms that cap the thermal conductivity of metallic materials such as copper to ~ 400 Watts per meter Kelvin.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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The pill his team developed, YCT-529, works by blocking a vitamin-A-dependent protein essential for sperm growth, temporarily rendering men infertile without affecting their testosterone levels and thereby potentially introducing related side effects.—
Ana Castelain,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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This scale of performance is essential for studying how materials behave under extreme conditions that cannot be replicated otherwise.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s an entire mindset switch, a complete flip between working as an individual contributor and becoming a leader or manager.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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For the previous ten seconds, a huge green piece of a caterpillar roll had required the curator’s entire attention.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hungerstone is a delicious tribute to the inherent horrors of womanhood and the desperate and exquisite vulgarity of desire.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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But Swims buckled into the ballad, standing tall and belting through the song’s inherent ache.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
31 Jan. 2026
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Still, the goal is to make necessary changes before hardship.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
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On the company’s earnings call, analysts asked CEO Tim Cook several questions about Apple’s access to memory components, which have seen their prices skyrocket due to demand related to chips necessary for artificial intelligence data centers.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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Cyrus also wore leather driving gloves, in keeping with the whole fashion biker vibe, and oversized sunglasses.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
2 Feb. 2026
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School’s closed, the roads in our neighborhood are shut down due to snow, difficult news keeps rolling in, and the whole world feels heavy.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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The Bulletin has made thoughtful decisions each year on how to get people’s attention about existential threats and the required action, Eryn MacDonald, senior analyst with the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Global Security Program, told CNN in 2022.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Failure to respond within the required timeframe may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate winner, in Sponsor’s sole discretion.—
AJC.com,
AJC.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Hivemind enables defense systems to sense, decide, and act, allowing autonomous platforms to adapt to dynamic environments, avoid threats, and complete missions without human intervention.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Feb. 2026
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The agency said the case will be handed over to the Gwinnett County District Attorney’s Office for review once the probe is complete.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Integral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integral. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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