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Recent Examples of all-important Heavy rain and extreme heat mixed with ICE raids and a freeze on U.S. tour dates by Bad Bunny and others suggests that the live music biz may be caught in a perfect storm during this all-important summer season. Bill Hochberg, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025 Collins, a powerful player and chair of the all-important Appropriations panel, is not terribly difficult to understand, politically speaking. Philip Elliott, Time, 9 July 2025 In 2023, the scientists and engineers of the SMD were tasked with building the all-important Habitable Worlds Observatory, designed specifically to find alien life on planets light-years away. Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025 The latest example of how essential some humans are in the AI era came in the last few weeks, when Facebook-parent Meta went on a spending spree to beef up its all-important AI operations. Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for all-important
Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-important
Adjective
  • The truth is, digestion is an essential part of the wellness and health conversation.
    Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 15 July 2025
  • Justin brings an inherent understanding of my company that is essential for its growth.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • The data needs to be accessible and running in sync across necessary components within the system, not operating in a silo.
    Lori Schafer, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The Trump administration argued the deployment was necessary to deal with chaotic protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests.
    July 15, CBS News, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The report cites that as of Feb. 13, the district had 47.5 special education teacher vacancies among other vacancies including school psychologists, school social workers and speech language pathologists, all of whom are integral to special education services for students.
    Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • The reports come as the success of Tesla's robotaxi division may be increasingly integral to the future of the company.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • The 31-year-old is a true holding midfielder, offering assurance in playing out from the back and moving the ball through the thirds at the required tempo.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 10 July 2025
  • But he still has not been confirmed by the Senate, a required step to take on the role permanently (typically, U.S. attorneys serve through a president's time in office).
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Who promises tomorrows to a whole needful planet, restrikes that match?
    Corey Van Landingham, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • What sort of response was needful?
    Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2013
Adjective
  • Starting conversations isn’t just vital for deals to eventually get done; it’s also required to build your understanding of the market and is a critical first step before any successes can be achieved.
    Travis Clinger, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • As climate extremes intensify and global tipping points loom, Earth science has never been more vital — but not everyone is treating it that way.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Future View Of Mentorship Looking ahead, the role of mentors in fostering innovation will become even more critical and nuanced.
    David Henkin, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Em Out arrived to critical acclaim, with some hailing it as an instant classic and contender for album of the year.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • And many emergency management experts and state disaster response officials say that FEMA plays a crucial role that state governments cannot fill.
    Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 9 July 2025
  • Cloudflare's system could also threaten web projects like The Internet Archive, which notably played a crucial role in helping track data deleted from government websites after Donald Trump took office.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2025

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“All-important.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-important. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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