How to Use crucially in a Sentence
crucially
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And, of course, most crucially, the queen is ready to return.
— Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2023 -
In our hearts, our minds and – much less crucially – in memes and GIFs.
— Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023 -
And, crucially, would this Eileen survive to tell the tale?
— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2023 -
But at the root of the worries is that the Kremlin’s view of the conflict has crucially changed.
— Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 26 Nov. 2021 -
The team also flew drones over 105 of the whales and measured each whale’s size and, crucially, the size of its mouth.
— Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2021 -
But crucially, each item is more than suitable to wear on a video call from home.
— Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2023 -
And, more crucially, has the michelada craze gotten out of hand?
— Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 -
The tech was also, crucially, used in service of the story.
— Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Dec. 2022 -
And crucially, the warning lights would go off too late to prevent those deaths.
— Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022 -
Ducharme scored a team-high 19 points that night and, most crucially, the game-winning layup with 1.6 seconds left.
— Alexa Philippou, courant.com, 10 Feb. 2022 -
More crucially, Frank and Kirsten aren’t done being their old selves.
— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021 -
In the past two years, 21 countries have signed that pact — but crucially, China and Russia have not and refuse to be bound by its rules.
— The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Dec. 2022 -
More crucially, each coach would have to wonder: What if the other coach defects and doesn’t go along with it?
— Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022 -
But crucially, the person who wields the Darksaber must win it in battle to be the rightful owner.
— Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Feb. 2023 -
So, crucially, did the price of groceries, long one of the most painful categories for consumers.
— Ben Casselman, New York Times, 15 May 2024 -
Her first instinct is always to flee, but she’s trained herself to stay calm and, crucially, to stay put.
— Colleen Hagerty, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024 -
This is heavy on the tomatoes, while the crucially important peanuts in this salsa fade in the background.
— Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 30 June 2022 -
As crucially, the action sequences don’t stop the movie dead or make the rest of it seem irrelevant.
— Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024 -
And crucially, Arnault helped make the heritage brand hip.
— Rory Satran, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022 -
And, crucially, there is not a panel of judges waiting to appraise the queens’ performance and send one of them home.
— Adam B. Vary, Variety, 2 Dec. 2021 -
And to that end, the main hing was working with their hands—from physical work to music and crucially cooking.
— Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 18 June 2022 -
Telling the stories of the women was crucially important.
— Malina Saval, Variety, 10 June 2023 -
And crucially, the spot where the speakers — including Lincoln — would have stood was on the national cemetery side of the fence.
— Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2022 -
The Champions League is where the prestige is but also, crucially, the prize money.
— Robert Kidd, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2021 -
It’s also crucially led to delays in the delivery of its planes.
— Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 13 May 2024 -
But just as crucially, Stephen King’s story tapped into something primal in the way that all the best horror does.
— Chloe Okuno, Variety, 21 Dec. 2022 -
At the moment Arsenal sit fourth with a four-point lead over United in fifth place, and crucially also have a game in hand.
— Sam Pilger, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2022 -
But crucially, today’s France enjoys the rule of law and no longer threatens its neighbors.
— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024 -
That is below the pace of sales growth— and, crucially, of inflation—but not horrible.
— Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022 -
But, crucially, this isn’t a point that’s ever articulated, let alone hammered home.
— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
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