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inessential

[in-i-sen-shuhl] / ˌɪn ɪˈsɛn ʃəl /


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Won’t someone, even an inessential young reporter played by Myha’la, poke into the alleged scam?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The first “Rebel Moon,” released on Netflix in December, made audiences endure a gantlet of narrative groundwork that’s fairly inessential and recapped here.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

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

In everything he sought for the essential form, the form that contains all the other inessential forms.

From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by Fletcher, John Gould




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