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That’s crucially important following natural disasters such as January’s Los Angeles wildfires, which caused tens of billions of dollars in losses.
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Economic deals were again dangled, and – crucially – there was an agreement for a second face-to-face presidential summit, this time in Budapest, Hungary, where ending the Ukraine war could once more be discussed, if not agreed.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
What’s missing, crucially, is a reason for the audience to care about this narcissist, even though Colin Farrell employs every trick in his acting arsenal to win you over.
—Glenn Whipp, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Kiss weathered cynicism and disinterest from the snobby New York music scene in their early months — Frehley worked as a taxi driver to pay the bills — but, crucially, united with manager Bill Aucoin in September 1973, who began plotting the band’s path to stardom with the bandmembers.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Economic deals were again dangled, and – crucially – there was an agreement for a second face-to-face presidential summit, this time in Budapest, Hungary, where ending the Ukraine war could once more be discussed, if not agreed.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
What’s missing, crucially, is a reason for the audience to care about this narcissist, even though Colin Farrell employs every trick in his acting arsenal to win you over.
—Glenn Whipp, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Kiss weathered cynicism and disinterest from the snobby New York music scene in their early months — Frehley worked as a taxi driver to pay the bills — but, crucially, united with manager Bill Aucoin in September 1973, who began plotting the band’s path to stardom with the bandmembers.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Crucially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crucially. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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