essence
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This was the essence of the Prime Minister's message in his BBC interview today.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
In essence, crypto would become more important as those agents use blockchain-based payment systems instead of traditional banking services.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
While other memoirists have described the concentrated essence of Soviet life as that of a prison camp, Freidenberg discovered it in the siege—“the siege of the human being,” as she put it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The project, released just before Coachella, blended a diverse range of rhythms such as pop, Brazilian funk, R&B and bossa nova -- a mix that, for Sonza, is the essence of Brazil.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
The notion that all racial caste systems are necessarily predicated on a desire to harm other racial groups, and that racial hostility is the essence of racism, is fundamentally misguided.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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