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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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“I have always spoken about the importance of taking care of the workers in this industry, because they have earned their livelihoods from this work,” Mamdani said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I think there’ll be this wonderful sort of bubbling underground movement that brings back the importance of things coming from the source and individuals themselves,” Ortega said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

"It highlights the importance of preserving these older records, which give us the evidence base we need to interpret past events and strengthen future predictions," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

We recognise the fundamental importance of strong information governance and of protecting the information entrusted to organisations working on behalf of local government.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She wouldn’t have a party, but that didn’t take away from the importance of what had just happened.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

The chromatic differences of other errors of reproduction have seldom practical importances.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

I want my readers to be intelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienic treatment and useful supporting practices.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon

Van Eyck’s finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler

The difficulty lies in the nice appreciation of relative importances and in the giving each detail neither more nor less than its due. 

From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler


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