essentially

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The 26 hatched chicks were grown from fertilized tissue transferred from hen’s eggs into the new container, which functioned essentially as an incubator.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Romero explains how the Supreme Court is essentially treating Callais “as a stand-in for principles that the justices either did not discuss in that case or flat-out claimed to reject.”

From Slate • May 21, 2026

That puts it on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure essentially made Kuwait landlocked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

But today, with essentially zero funding for such efforts, it’s impossible to mount anything close to the same response, which may allow outbreaks to surge and spread further.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

I pause for a moment, thinking about my hood and how even though families grew up and changed, things essentially stayed the same, until now.

From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi