essential

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Qatar accounts for about 35% of the world’s helium, an essential coolant in MRI machines and semiconductor manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Joseph “JP” Powers, the chief investment officer of RWA Wealth Partners, a Boston-based wealth manager with around $20 billion of assets under management, says opportunities outside the U.S. remain but that pickiness is now essential.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Because he did not have the opportunity to learn essential survival skills from his mother, Crimson is not suitable for re-release in the wild and will spend the rest of his life in the zoo.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"Things like water and medicines are essential commodities and even a slight decline in supply can have major consequences," he adds.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Put even more simply: Everything is relative, including time and space, both of which are essential to finding one’s way around town.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood