1
as in intrinsic
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
a car dealer respected for his integral honesty and straightforwardness with customers
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2
as in essential
impossible to do without
she's an integral member of the team of archaeologists at that dig
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as in entire
not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it
a prep school that adheres to the belief that athletics are essential to an integral life
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Recent Examples of integral
That’s three big powerhouses for this franchise, a trio of players who were integral in Florida repeating as Stanley Cup champions.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Serena became an integral part of the rebel movement to destroy Gilead.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 June 2025
Volunteers have been integral to our mission as well.
—Carmen Del Guercio, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Anderson has become an integral part of Nuno Espírito Santo’s Forest side; Vlachodimos ‘cost’ Newcastle £22.8m in all and has played just 45 minutes in the Carabao Cup since.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2025
Serena became an integral part of the rebel movement to destroy Gilead.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 June 2025
Volunteers have been integral to our mission as well.
—Carmen Del Guercio, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2025
Anderson has become an integral part of Nuno Espírito Santo’s Forest side; Vlachodimos ‘cost’ Newcastle £22.8m in all and has played just 45 minutes in the Carabao Cup since.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for integral
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In a 2021 study published in Psychological Reports, researchers explored how intrinsic motivation, the internal drive to act based on interest, personal importance or inner values, affects satisfaction in long-term romantic relationships.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
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Underlying all of this is the intrinsic tendency to resist cooperation.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 June 2025
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The idea is to keep pushing European governments on problems created by tourism, like rising rents and housing shortages, environmental damage and neighborhoods losing essential services for residents.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Some of these technologies are essential for ensuring the proper functioning of the service or website and cannot be disabled, while others are optional but serve to enhance the user experience in various ways.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
1 July 2025
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But struggles from the typically trustworthy Luke Weaver and the inconsistent Ian Hamilton — on top trouble from the entire relief crew during an embarrassing four-game sweep in Toronto this week — showed that the Yankees will have to add more people to get through it.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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The entire vessel then caught fire and was burning for some time.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Performance Trade-Offs: Real-time applications face inherent constraints due to the computational overhead of symbolic reasoning, knowledge graph traversal and the general reduction in inference speeds compared to pure neural approaches.—
Anuradha Weeraman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The fibers’ inherent comfort also resonates with lifestyle brands like Ugg.—
SJ Studio,
Sourcing Journal,
30 June 2025
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Of course the private sector can price assets correctly of its own accord, and if riskless securities are necessary for this purpose, the private sector can produce them.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio’s vice mayor, said in an interview that the rules were necessary to impose some order to a sometimes chaotic scene.—
Dado Galdieri,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
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The whole point of the ESA is to help species recover to the point where they’re no longer endangered.—
Christine Peterson,
Wired News,
5 July 2025
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What really gives the whole experience its character, though, is the room itself.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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But before the drama unfolds at Royal Portrush, PGA Tour pros are making sure to take that required break to rejuvenate their energy again.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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The Campbell County Republican Committee in Kentucky has been vacated by the state party due to its failure to hold a required organizational meeting.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Arden Way, from Watt to Morse avenues, has been undergoing a complete street rehabilitation since March, which will last to the end of 2025.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2025
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To maintain growth, the company expanded the platform into a complete business admin service while also taking a risk on expanding to the U.S.—
Trevor Clawson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Integral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integral. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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