as in basically
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Recent Examples of essentially
And on April 24 Pakistan suspended the 1972 Shimla Agreement, which essentially means Kashmir’s Line of Control—the de facto border—reverts to merely a ceasefire frontier.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 May 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
That’s especially true with Gerrit Cole’s Tommy John procedure essentially anointing Fried the Yankees’ de facto ace.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
At the other end, the bottom 49% of filers — representing essentially half of filers statewide — paid only 2.9% of the income tax.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 May 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
That’s especially true with Gerrit Cole’s Tommy John procedure essentially anointing Fried the Yankees’ de facto ace.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
At the other end, the bottom 49% of filers — representing essentially half of filers statewide — paid only 2.9% of the income tax.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentially
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That’s basically 50 dining dollars in your wallet every six months.—
Chris Dong,
Saveur,
8 May 2025
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All are great shows, but famous people talking to their famous friends who are typically promoting their latest project feels like the simplest path to podcast success and are basically long-form late-night talk shows.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2025
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If the media environment is fragmented, so, too, is the Democratic resistance itself: split, as Kang wrote in this column, in February, among incompatible strategic impulses; severed from a discredited Party establishment but uncertain where to go next; fundamentally leaderless.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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Manufacturing underpins modern technology, yet its core processes haven’t fundamentally changed since the mid-20th century.—
Matthew Putman,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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