essential
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Appeared in the June 26, 2026, print edition as 'Our Nation’s Essential Songbook'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
The findings, from the Entertainment Software Association's annual Essential Facts report, challenge enduring stereotypes about who plays games while underscoring the industry's recovery from a post-pandemic slowdown.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
But Sergio de Sousa, managing partner at Hidden Brook, suggested Essential Quality, a champion colt at 2 and 3 at the start of this decade.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
He is the editor of “Race & Liberty in America: The Essential Reader.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
Essential singularities are weird beasts; near a singularity of this sort, a curve goes absolutely berserk.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing essential
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 41-50
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