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Recent Examples of essentially
And that’s essentially what’s happening here.
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Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
That number has essentially been cut in half, as Bitcoin has sunk in value and as the university has trimmed its stake in the Bitcoin ETF.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Their legacies in South Florida as essentially Dolphins lifers also put them in a class of their own.
—Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Think of it essentially as skiing’s equivalent of gymnastics’ vault.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
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Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
That number has essentially been cut in half, as Bitcoin has sunk in value and as the university has trimmed its stake in the Bitcoin ETF.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Their legacies in South Florida as essentially Dolphins lifers also put them in a class of their own.
—Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Think of it essentially as skiing’s equivalent of gymnastics’ vault.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentially
Adverb
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That's why, in Perlman's view, what really differentiates humans is a wide-ranging capacity to generate novel symbols that communicate meaning—to basically play charades—in all kinds of ways.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
19 Feb. 2026
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There are basically two Olympics happening simultaneously.—
Scott Soshnick,
Sportico.com,
19 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Tenuous evidence of mass exodus Sensor Tower’s user data more fundamentally seems to suggest that beyond anecdotal claims, users have largely been unable to identify tangible changes in TikTok’s American operations, or at least, not enough to meaningfully shift user sentiment.—
Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2026
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Caterpillar, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, is still fundamentally a cyclical business that rises and falls with the global economy.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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