critical
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"This is one of the critical areas that causes difficulty for many autistic people."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
A critical part of a scientific paper's integrity involves lead scientists listing earlier research in order to show what they have done is genuinely new.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Utah issued an apology even as an avalanche of social media reaction was mainly critical of McAfee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Some aerospace, high-tech and military applications require the purity of primary aluminum, leaving the U.S. dependent on imports to meet some of its most critical needs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Anyone who even glanced at the prospectuses could see that there were many critical differences between one triple-B bond and the next—the percentage of interest-only loans contained in their underlying pool of mortgages, for example.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing critical
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 2
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 2
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