essentially
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“I’ve had people tell me that they’ve been essentially bullied on social media for expressing ambivalence about having surgery,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Many had feared prices double that as the global energy market’s worst-case scenario — an essentially closed Strait of Hormuz — has now been playing out for nearly 100 days.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
We learn how Iceland’s glaciers, essentially rivers of varying pace, begat their unique ecosystems, but also how they provided the breathtaking terrain upon which Magnason’s grandparents Hulda and Árni fell in love.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The two men traveled to India and were inspired by the eastern spirituality’s view on death that was essentially the opposite of their own.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
It was one of the fringe benefits of living for so many years essentially alienated from the world around him: He could easily believe that he was right and the world was wrong.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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