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More recently, O’Leary turned his attention to data centers, which he has described as essential to U.S. national security.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

This was an era of moviegoing when premieres were essential to a movie’s box office success, drawing substantial marketing opportunities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

For example, the Colored People’s Convention that met in 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina, argued that equal voting rights were “inherent and essential to every republican form of government.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey has said that the company views providing a solid television package as essential to maintaining its position as a broadband provider.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

An argument that he had "essential" enamelware workers wouldn't have meant anything to the decision makers, but the argument that we were essential to Germany's munitions production did.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson