all-important
Example Sentences
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The idea is that the all-important shipping route for global energy supplies will remain effectively shut until the economic costs of its closure—including higher oil prices and accelerating inflation—start piling up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
After “Let ’Em In,” McCartney asked his band member Brian Ray to show off the song’s all-important bass line: a single note plucked over and over and over again.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026
By offering students and parents advice on university applications and choice of majors, he sought to help them achieve what many view as an all-important goal: better job prospects.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Nonfood sales led the fall in the run-up to the all-important holiday period, though food-and-drink sales volumes inched up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
White people seemed to think of it as a necessity— most white people that is, except for that all-important one.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
