essential nature

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It favors defensive sectors such as public power and water and sewer utilities for their essential nature and predictable cashflows in case the economy struggles, it says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Some of this reflects disproportionate job losses in lower-wage sectors during economic downturns, but it also reflects the essential nature of healthcare.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

Humanity is a word we use to describe what is supposed to be our essential nature — caring, compassionate, self-sacrificing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

“So, this really goes against the essential nature of how local government raises the revenues to provide services that everyone wants in their communities.”

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Thus my studies altered forever in their essential nature as in their outward form.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson