importance
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The song is a lesson about the importance of empathy drained of the feel-good reassurance that might let the listener off the hook.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
That's still too many but the reduction perhaps emphasises the importance of preventing a fire's spread.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The importance of the discovery extends beyond finding the stream itself.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
The two sides said they had "agreed on the importance of a standardised method for reporting allegations of ceasefire violations", according to the Swiss government statement on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Orff method makes use of nursery rhymes, folktales, folksongs, folkdances, and authentic, classical compositions—all music and literature of primary importance and quality.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
All perception of relative importances depends upon a just appreciation of which letters in association’s bond association will most readily dispense with.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
It has been wisely said that intelligence may be defined as the ability to correctly determine differences, similarities, and importances.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon
Van Eyck’s finish is saved because up to the last he is essentially impressionist, that is, he keeps a just account of relative importances and keeps them in their true subordination one to another.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
The difficulty lies in the nice appreciation of relative importances and in the giving each detail neither more nor less than its due.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.
From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller
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