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Recent Examples of essentially
At the end of those 103 shows, the group essentially disbanded, Beckham said.
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The Boston Celtics will be without Jayson Tatum for the foreseeable future, and Tyrese Haliburton has essentially been ruled out for the remainder of the season for the Indiana Pacers.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Contrasting this was a black button-down underneath his jacket, essentially inverting the classic suit color scheme.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Thomas Banneyer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images A group of prominent figures, including artificial intelligence and technology experts, has called for an end to efforts to create ‘superintelligence’ — a form of AI that would surpass humans on essentially all cognitive tasks.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
The Boston Celtics will be without Jayson Tatum for the foreseeable future, and Tyrese Haliburton has essentially been ruled out for the remainder of the season for the Indiana Pacers.
—Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentially
Adverb
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Defense attorneys said at trial that Nicklaus Companies executives never tried to defame Nicklaus and argued the case was basically a business dispute.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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F*cking up, basically is something that hasn’t been historically afforded to women at all.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Compared with eating in a restaurant (or even ordering delivery from a restaurant directly), involving a third party fundamentally requires the use of more labor, more infrastructure, more overhead.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Identify fundamentally sound equities or ETFs with steady uptrends and plot their 50-day EMA.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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