essentially
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Investors anticipate the path of rate policy to remain essentially flat over the next year, despite rising risks to the inflation outlook.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Things are good, but GE Vernova has essentially sold out its turbine capacity through the end of the decade, making further growth more difficult.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
"The detector we built is essentially the simplest version of a cavity detector for dark matter," says Salama.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
But her focus remains her career, and she will soon start seeking pupillage, essentially a paid apprenticeship for barristers.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
No wonder that Angeliki Simosi, the director of the Hellenic Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, exclaimed, “The ship that sank at Antikythera was not merely a cargo ship. It was essentially a floating museum.”
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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