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crucial

[kroo-shuhl] / ˈkru ʃəl /


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These same systems will be crucial in building more sustainable relationships with the natural world.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

CNN described him as “a man who may hold crucial clues to the bombing.”

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Government funding is also crucial to building the kind of infrastructure and schools that attract talented people to the state and keep the economy growing, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Captain Matt Grimes has also delivered motivational messages to the squad - including inspirational talks about other title-winning sides - which have proved crucial, especially when the side had a wobble in January.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

The unbinding of one molecule of oxygen coordinately relaxes all the other clasps, like the crucial pin-piece pulled out from a child’s puzzle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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