vital

Example Sentences

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Those spending big on data centers to power the artificial-intelligence boom have already shown they don’t much care about soaring costs for vital parts such as chips and generators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Such a shift is vital at this moment in history, when so much of modern life is designed to ask almost nothing of us.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

About one fifth of the world's oil and gas passes through the vital shipping lane.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

The vital waterway moves 20% of the global oil supply, and shipping has slowed to a trickle since the conflict began, boosting global oil prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

As she worked, Elizebeth had to come to terms with the fact that her own vital role in wartime code breaking was vanishing from sight, too.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield