How to Use essentially in a Sentence

essentially

adverb

• The Fish chose to run it back with essentially the same team.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
• That's essentially the story of cannabis in the past 20 years.
  — Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
• The final day of that search caused the Boston area to essentially grind to a halt.
  — Mark Berman, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Our revenue that was done was essentially in the span of five months.
  — Allison Smith, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
• By the time he was found, with his boat long gone, Logan said the man was essentially strapped to the cooler.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The Blues essentially ended the wild-card race with an 11-game win streak.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
• On the next snap, the Seahawks jumped offside, essentially giving the Rams a free shot at the end zone.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Right, and that's essentially why Swift did it as well.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• The insert is essentially a second layer of the playpen that keeps the baby higher than the floor of the playpen.
  — Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Dec. 2023
• Of those seats, 34% have essentially been filled before the polls have even closed.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2024
• The main reason is that art fairs are essentially built for them.
  — Vulture, 5 June 2023
• Of course the idea of earning more money to do, essentially, the same job elsewhere has crossed his mind.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 June 2023
• The thought came to her while processing that his death was essentially caused by a $20 bill.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 28 Aug. 2023
• McDaniels stood in the corner, Reid floated out on the left wing and Conley ended up essentially in the dunker spot to the left of the rim.
  — Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
• Rhaenyra was essentially slapped in the face by Alicent, in her point of view.
  — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024
• Gas turbines are essentially sold out for the next five years.
  — Delaney Nolan, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
• That essentially has stopped trade talks between the Warriors and Heat dead in their tracks.
  — Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
• Trading a top-20 prospect for a bench bat was essentially what the Yankees did.
  — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Aug. 2025
• Next to the reservoir is the new 6,500-acre stormwater treatment area (STA), essentially a big marsh, which cleans the water.
  — Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
• And not a moment too soon, given that the start of the NFL’s league year and the opening of free agency is essentially only a week away.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2023
• Jurickson Profar, one of the sport’s hottest hitters of late, singled in the go-ahead runs to essentially win the game.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
• But if a trade is verbally agreed to before the draft, the Heat can essentially make sure that the other team gets three of its first-round picks.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
• From there, build things up by essentially making out with their nub, Dr. Nolan says.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024
• And rather than pushing up on the guard to force him off the line, Towns laid back, and White buried what was essentially a wide-open look from deep to trim Chicago’s deficit to just two.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2024
• The working class, the middle class, the populist vote, essentially.
  — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
• But the Oilers, who are essentially fighting for their life, weren’t going to go down easy.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
• Since her time studying at the Bauhaus in the 1920s, her work essentially merged traditional craft and fine art.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
• Harden is a 10-time All-Star but essentially forced his way with trades out of Houston and Brooklyn.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• Saban, essentially, doesn’t want the headache that comes with Depth Chart Monday.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 28 Aug. 2023
• Minnesota continues to march toward the No. 1 overall seed, which has not been officially clinched but is essentially a given at this point.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025