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Recent Examples of essentially
City, fully aware of his importance to Guardiola, were essentially obliged to make the move happen, even paying compensation to get him.
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Beijing has since seemed determined to keep North Korea afloat, providing it with moderate but essentially unconditional aid.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
This trick essentially involves having a New Zealand or Australian account – or changing their account region to New Zealand or Australia – and buying the game on that regional account.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
By 1900, African Americans were essentially excluded from the job of blacksmith and were being excluded from skilled trades.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Sam Lee, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Beijing has since seemed determined to keep North Korea afloat, providing it with moderate but essentially unconditional aid.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 8 July 2025
This trick essentially involves having a New Zealand or Australian account – or changing their account region to New Zealand or Australia – and buying the game on that regional account.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025
By 1900, African Americans were essentially excluded from the job of blacksmith and were being excluded from skilled trades.
—Sonari Glinton, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentially
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That means that most of the neodymium, dysprosium, and terbium that end up in EV motors, drones, wind turbines and even smartphones ... well, depending on supply and demand or even geopolitical landscape, China basically makes the rules.—
Joe Salas
July 19,
New Atlas,
19 July 2025
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While 34% of men reported working from home the prior year, the figure for women stayed basically flat.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
18 July 2025
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Competitive Landscape: The New Rules of Engagement The AI talent market now operates under fundamentally different rules than the broader tech industry.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Unfortunately, that’s not the case here; this bill is fundamentally a re-orientation of the federal government and a change to the social compact that did much to generate American prosperity from the aftermath of the Great Depression through today.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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