indispensable

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“While GPUs handle the heavy mathematical lifting for AI, modern high-core-count CPUs are becoming indispensable for orchestration, data-management, and real-time inference tasks that GPUs cannot perform efficiently,” Lee wrote.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

The many industrial uses of petroleum make it indispensable to the economy.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Not to mention the intelligence capabilities indispensable for such an operation?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

He said the US was an "indispensable cornerstone" of the UK's security, and that allies should "show up" regardless of who the current president is.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

We owe to him indispensable phrases which encapsulate powerful arguments, such as ‘unintended consequence’ and ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’; one of his phrases, ‘role model’, has moved out of the university into daily speech.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton