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essentialness

noun

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as in centrality

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  1. centrality
  2. essentiality
  3. status
  4. reputation
  5. potency
  6. power
  7. prestige
  8. repute
Noun
  • Then, there is the rise of China, which has shifted Washington’s strategic focus away from Europe and diminished NATO’s centrality to American concerns.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In other words, the longer Russia’s gerontocratic elites sit atop the institutions that have political legitimacy, constitutional centrality, and access to resources and loyalists, the less likely an orderly transition to the next president will be.
    — Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of centrality
Noun
  • 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
  • Armani’s legacy is a lesson in essentiality, discipline and authenticity.
    — Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Definition of essentiality
Noun
  • For immigrants without legal status, release is often framed as a victory.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Voters approved a measure to give motion picture studios tax exempt status in the state.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of status
Noun
  • Large Amounts of Coffee Coffee has a reputation for causing dehydration, but that’s not the whole story.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The largest carriers already have reasons to stay compliant, including public reputation and legal liability.
    — John Kelly, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of reputation
Noun
  • Yes, getting started requires upfront investment, but reducing emissions, including N2O and other high-potency gases, can generate revenue and other business benefits.
    — Bill Flederbach, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • After brushing aside three domestic teams in warm-up matches, the All Blacks won the first Test in Johannesburg 33-16, scoring three second-half tries in a display of attacking potency.
    — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of potency
Noun
  • And Majority Leader John Thune still could hold a roll-call vote on a data center power bill that Democrats blocked on Thursday.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Stone and Robert Icke, for example, have both built careers on transplanting old stories into slick contemporary containers, and, in varying degrees, those containers can come packed with power.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of power
Noun
  • Stop relying on the prestige of the platform a voice appears on—a keynote stage, a major publication—and evaluate the quality of the relationship that voice has actually built with a specific audience over time.
    — Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Damian Lewis makes a cameo as himself, or at least a version who’s dead set on writing a treatise on dog meat; Harriet Walter plays the long-suffering daughter of a romance author determined to get her mother’s smut some prestige.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of prestige
Noun
  • And the ecological values of roadless areas are beyond repute.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Petviashvili’s repute has grown steadily since her early debut.
    — The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of repute
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“Essentialness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentialness. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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