essentially
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"She just does a survey with her nose, essentially, she can pinpoint exactly where it is, so it's much easier," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Areas west of the 405 Freeway have received essentially no rain and are at the highest risk for wildfire, said Daniel Swain, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources climate scientist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
"In this cluster, the intracluster light essentially traces the dark matter," said Finner.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Goldman saw muted activity in some parts of its markets business, such as fixed income, currency and commodities, where revenues were "essentially unchanged," the firm said in a press release.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
The publication of De Revolutionibus was accepted essentially without a murmur by the Catholic Church, and the book was largely ignored by Rome for the rest of the sixteenth century.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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