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inessential

[in-i-sen-shuhl] / ˌɪn ɪˈsɛn ʃəl /


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Streaming series creator Jon Favreau shepherds his hit into an enjoyable if inessential summer popcorn movie loaded with the creatures you’re looking for.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

You might even define a great artist by the ability to pitilessly remove the inessential, no matter how clever the sentence or brilliant the movement composition.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

MAP, deemed inessential, was cut, and the program dissolved within a few years.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 28, 2023

It urged residents in the area to avoid inessential outings and to use caution against mudslides, flooding and thunderstorms.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

Nothing could be a better proof of the inessential nature of those tricks with which he had been making sure of his audience than the immense superiority of this play to the others.

From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome




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