essential
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These tiny tube-like structures act as transportation routes inside nerve cells, carrying essential materials to different parts of the neuron.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
Carbon removal is like that for the climate—it’s essential, it’s invisible, it’s not especially glamorous, but these infrastructure projects are what make society tick over the long haul.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
“Large-scale transmission is essential to meeting the West’s growing energy needs and strengthening reliability across the grid,” said Elliot Mainzer, CAISO’s president and chief executive, in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
"In this stadium, I don't think they were needed but in another with no air conditioning and you are playing in 90 degrees plus, they are absolutely essential."
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
The essential agreement reached at Philadelphia in 1787, Baldwin claimed, was the decision to remove slavery in the southern states from any influence by the northern states.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing essential
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 41-50
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