quintessence
Example Sentences
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The key to quintessence is that it changes in value through cosmic history and can be attractive or repulsive.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023
The not-farewell address Nancy Pelosi delivered Thursday captured the quintessence of her history-making career.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2022
The chorus sing “Dust, quintessence of dust” on that chord, even before Hamlet has sung his first opening lines.
From New York Times • May 16, 2022
When I’m writing a novel, adding something to it every day is for me the quintessence of practice.
From Slate • Jan. 18, 2021
Scientists sometimes also call it vacuum energy or, more exotically, quintessence.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
