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Noun
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Landscape painters gain cultural centrality by showing a nation’s territory to itself.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026 -
Given the time of day and the centrality of the station to the CTA’s system, there should have been senior leadership on the scene to direct employees.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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That may become increasingly common going forward, as conventional wisdom on the essentiality of coaching continuity—and the fear of roster attrition—has been recast by the yearly churn every team now faces in the transfer portal era.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Armani’s legacy is a lesson in essentiality, discipline and authenticity.—
Andrea Onate,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Carly elevates the aesthetic activities of suburban women everywhere to the status of—what, exactly?—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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The airline is also honoring Spirit frequent-flyer statuses and benefits on Southwest, such as early boarding.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
2 May 2026
Noun
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But his reputation as a comic standard bearer precedes him, and not everyone was immediately on board with the prospect of his Willy Loman when the revival was announced.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The backstory Built by the late, great architect Kerry Hill for its first opening in 1993, The Datai Langkawi was one of Malaysia’s pioneering luxury jungle hideaways, and its reputation speaks volumes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
Noun
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One of those is a stable, encapsulated form that protects vitamin C from breaking down when exposed to light and air while gradually releasing it into the skin for better potency and less irritation.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
8 May 2026
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Drop in the fact that Japan’s navy had learned some very hard lessons from the Russo-Japanese War on the potency of dreadnoughts, and things start to fall into place (at least conceptually).—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Once fierce rivals, the two men were responsible for the country’s first peaceful transfer of power between parties, after Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican Party defeated Adams and the Federalists in the election of 1800.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Meanwhile, the Marlins are sending catcher Agustin Ramirez to Triple-A after an uneven first five weeks in which his power declined, his defense remained poor and base running errors frustrated the team.—
Barry Jackson,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Cameras are officially rolling on Hamburg Days, a prestige drama series chronicling the early years of The Beatles.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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Sklarov used false prestige to gain control of hundreds of millions of dollars in stock and then liquidated those shares for his own benefit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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So others speculate and then the Heat somehow are the ones who get caught in the spin cycle of various insiders of various repute trying to sell Substack subscriptions or generate clicks or views.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2026
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Two other veteran Dutch managers of significant repute had been in the reckoning, one of them a former boss of Manchester United.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Essentialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentialness. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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