key
Example Sentences
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He’s picked up other key endorsements, too, from the California Teachers Assn.,
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Inmate votes were especially key in the 2024 gubernatorial primary as González-Colón, a longtime New Progressive Party member, was challenging the incumbent governor of the same party.
From Salon • May 6, 2026
Pasta and tinned goods, she tells us, have become a key staple for the roughly 2,000 remaining population.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
If officials see signs of that dynamic taking hold, they are more likely to raise their key interest rate when they next meet in June.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
There was an elephant on the key chain.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Vocabulary lists containing key
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Music - Introductory
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