How to Use in essence in a Sentence

in essence

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• So, in essence, the first place to try these things is on the highway, right?
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 July 2026
• The process would in essence be a self-regulating cycle of feasting followed by fasting.
  — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026
• Boosting pensions would widen the unfunded liabilities — in essence a multibillion-dollar unpaid debt — that still plague CalPERS even with the reform.
  — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
• The vulnerability resides in KVM, which is, in essence, a virtual machine app included in the kernel of many Linux distributions.
  — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
• For Meta, the company is more likely to reallocate any internal compute that is ultimately deemed to yield a lower return and rent it out — in essence, doing the opposite of what some investors have taken issue with at Microsoft.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 8 July 2026
• In reacting against the values of midcentury America, Sondheim’s musicals in essence continue to give Golden Age musicals their lasting power.
  — Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 July 2026