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crucial

[kroo-shuhl] / ˈkru ʃəl /


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First-time mum Courtney-Grace says she is relieved her baby daughter, Tine, will have access to the crucial family medical history she lacked when she grew up.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Fish farming is also a crucial source of jobs, especially for women in India.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Another potential worry for some was Firmus’s heavy reliance on Nvidia, which is a customer, commercial partner and supplier of crucial hardware including chips.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Credit Agricole, which holds 29.3 percent in Banco BPM, said Thursday that it would not back MPS's proposal, depriving the latter of crucial support.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

If permitted to define a decade somewhat loosely, then the next decade was the most crucial and consequential in American history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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