essence
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Druckenmiller’s opposition to Treasury policy in essence boils down to Margaret Thatcher’s famous dictum: “You cannot buck the market.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
"In essence, we have built a light-driven nanorobot that can track down and collect bacteria," says Jin Qin, lead experimental scientist of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The results will reveal the common sense of the people, which has been the essence of populism since it was given its name in the 1890s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
McMenamin said he never imagined Skintown would be turned into a film and was proud to put his hometown and the essence of it on the big screen.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The picture that began to congeal in his mind was the essence of injustice: battle-worn veterans of the war for independence being cheated out of their just rewards by mere moneymen.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
"One of the essences of this game is being able to figure out different ways of using each of these echoes," he says.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
Further, although chemically derived vanilla essences are available cheaply, they do not match the flavor of natural vanilla extract, and the demand for the latter continues to remain high.
From Science Daily ● May 16, 2024
The exhibition also includes tools for cutting and pressing the plants and extracting their essential essences.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
In addition, there’s something of a disconnect between the younger and older Tom’s personalities; their essences don’t fully align.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
For Plato, the sublunary world was a distorted projection of the world of essences.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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