indispensable

Example Sentences

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"I fear German power less than I am beginning to fear German inactivity," he said, describing Germany as Europe's "indispensable nation".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Jane Harman, the decision allowed Davis to remain competitive and eventually pay for the statewide ad blitz that is indispensable in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

“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

As mentioned above, they are built on a basis of carbon atoms, which are also the indispensable building blocks of the living world, and thus classed as “organic.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson