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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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One of the most important revolved around the importance of meeting deadlines tied to the distance of orbit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Kiké Hernández, the Dodgers’ Mr. October, says L.A. is the team to beat in the MLB playoffs, but stresses the importance of “taking care of business.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

His importance is underlined by the fact he has contributed the same amount of goals and assists, six, as Bellingham since England faced DR Congo.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The team tested the importance of the 2′-OH even further by chemically changing it to 2′-Ome, similar to what's found in many natural RNA.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“I was aware of the importance of the game,” recalled Allen Kaufman, a master who was studying the game as Bobby played it.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

We are beginning to have glamours and importances of our own.

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

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

I want my readers to be intelligent about understanding the relative importances of different hygienic treatment and useful supporting practices.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon

In the particular juncture, the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Tracy, took my view of relative importances, and time was secured me.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

One of the actual penalties of this is that so few of such ancient importances remain definable or presentable.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James




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