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of the essence
adjective as in prerequisite
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One ally of Mahmood told the BBC: "She knows that time is of the essence. She didn't take long to take big decisions at the Ministry of Justice, and she doesn't tend to hang about."
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It says the government's announcement is "vital and long-overdue", but time is of the essence.
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The filing insisted that time was “of the essence” in a plot that allegedly was hatched in February 2023.
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He added that “time is of the essence,” because farms and orchards are “coming right into our busiest time.”
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He stated that time was “of the essence.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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