essential
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An estimated 30% of this essential farming input goes through the Gulf.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Qatar accounts for about 35% of the world’s helium, an essential coolant in MRI machines and semiconductor manufacturing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Joseph “JP” Powers, the chief investment officer of RWA Wealth Partners, a Boston-based wealth manager with around $20 billion of assets under management, says opportunities outside the U.S. remain but that pickiness is now essential.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
These mutations prevent the body from producing enough of the protein otoferlin, which is essential for sending sound signals from the inner ear to the brain.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
He therefore felt even more sharply than Madison that the fiscal goals of Hamilton’s plan were absolutely essential.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
