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Recent Examples of integral Hill was integral in the program’s move to the American Conference in 2023, hired current football coach Tim Albin in December 2024, and men’s basketball coach Aaron Fearne in February 2024. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2025 During a recent interview, Hanson detailed how innovation is integral to Spanx’s heritage and its future. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025 The hawk was found, unable to fly, on a picnic table at a San Jose park in late July, suffering from an open head wound and tearing and swelling in her right eye — impacting her vision, which is integral to hunting for food, according to a press release from PHS/SPCA. Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 While the direct monetary contributions from Blair’s government to the creative industries were ultimately minimal, the rhetoric from his government positioned creative industries as integral to promoting Britain’s positive international influence. Time, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for integral
Recent Examples of Synonyms for integral
Adjective
  • These children are more likely to develop a strong intrinsic locus of control, which leaves them less vulnerable to anxiety and depression later in life.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement No—provided that the money is not the point, provided that what matters to one’s work as a philosopher is intrinsic, not instrumental.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Such knowledge is essential for designing safer storage strategies for nuclear and industrial waste in the coming centuries.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Given that the host cities for next year’s World Cup stretch from Vancouver to Mexico City, adapting to different climates will be essential.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In a matter of hours, the pillars of an entire system of repression had not simply collapsed.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The performance, and the entire show at the Flicker Bar, will be released as part of the Drive-By Truckers’ forthcoming reissue of Decoration Day.
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • There are inherent risks in using these tools.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Bitcoin’s inherent technical strengths, combined with institutions’ vested interest in its success, position it to evolve into essential infrastructure that powers global markets.
    Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Some experts say these swipe fees are necessary for merchants to maintain the advantages of accepting cards.
    Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The key issue is how all seven Basin States will share in the cuts necessary to live with less water.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • It was considered immoral to lie and the whole point of writing things down back then was to increase morality and improve society, so there really is no didactic history of forgery.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But even at the time, officials acknowledged students still wouldn’t be able to navigate the whole building.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The required curriculum and practicum hours not only prepare the graduates to serve preschool through 12th-grade students, but their families, as well.
    Jenelyn Russo, Oc Register, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Going forward, Boeing and FAA inspectors will take turns performing the required pre-flight safety checks.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • From General Hospital's big wins, to Drew Barrymore's first Emmy, keep scrolling to see which fan-favorites come out on top by viewing the complete list of winners from the 2025 Daytime Emmys.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Then in Game Two came Yoshinobu Yamamoto (three hundred and twenty-five million for twelve years), who gave up a home run to the first batter before pitching a complete game in which no one else got to second base.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Integral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/integral. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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