as in essential
impossible to do without
that all-important item for a successful birthday party: a fancily decorated cake with candles
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Recent Examples of all-important
What happened in the past has no bearing on the present, except in those all-important areas: Belief and self-confidence.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Between the lines: The ADP report is not meant to preview what the all-important payrolls report might show when it's released Friday.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
The pup was captured both before and after her all-important trim and blow-dry, which appears to have been done by a professional at a grooming salon.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
The uncertainty around tariffs overshadowed a surprise rise in comparable sales, snapping 12 quarters of declines, during the all-important holiday quarter.
—Savyata Mishra, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Between the lines: The ADP report is not meant to preview what the all-important payrolls report might show when it's released Friday.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
The pup was captured both before and after her all-important trim and blow-dry, which appears to have been done by a professional at a grooming salon.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
The uncertainty around tariffs overshadowed a surprise rise in comparable sales, snapping 12 quarters of declines, during the all-important holiday quarter.
—Savyata Mishra, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for all-important
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Forbes Daily: Join over 1 million Forbes Daily subscribers and get our best stories, exclusive reporting and essential analysis of the day’s news in your inbox every weekday.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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And the Intelligent Mirror prototype scans your face and monitors your most essential health statistics in one convenient, portable mirror package.—
Lisa A. Beach,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
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There’s no need for Tuchel to over-adjust and get England playing in boxy formations and passing in straight lines, as Eriksson and Capello seemed to think was necessary.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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By March, social media complaints were getting louder as Tesla wrapped up its probe, concluding that a voluntary recall was necessary.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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The deal will also recognize as an integral part of the state Syria’s Kurdish community, tens of thousands of whom were previously denied citizenship under the decades-long rule of the Assad regime.—
Eyad Kourdi,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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Enabling all these benefits will require shifting your mindset and learning to see and treat product cybersecurity as an integral part of your product’s delivery process.—
Klaudia Zaika,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The Fix: Ensure your job descriptions are clear and concise, outlining required skills, responsibilities and expectations.—
Rebecca Skilbeck,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Management did instruct Hughley to document the use of Benadryl but did not get the required parental signature on the form.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Who promises tomorrows to a whole needful planet, restrikes that match?—
Corey Van Landingham,
The New Yorker,
19 June 2023
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What sort of response was needful?—
Razib Khan,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2013
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Step 4: Work The Plan Having a clear plan is vital when responding to extreme disruption.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Inside the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, vital support staff are gone, international partnerships have been strained, and workers are afraid to discuss threats to democracy that they’re now prohibited from countering.—
Eric Geller,
WIRED,
13 Mar. 2025
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For leaders this serves as a critical warning: the relentless pursuit of productivity without regard for the multifaceted nature of human identity can lead to a workforce that is disengaged, unfulfilled and ultimately less innovative.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Addressing those critical questions is a conundrum in Lake Tahoe, where on summer days evacuation routes are already constrained by people parking on roadsides.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Ukraine considers its hold on Kursk to be crucial to use as leverage in any negotiations to end the war.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the rookie’s up-and-down performances through the past three games reflect the growing pains of learning to function as a crucial member of the starting lineup.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Mar. 2025
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“All-important.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all-important. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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