essentially
Britishadverb
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Competitive excel has been around for about 20 years and is essentially a puzzle solving competition, thinking logically about how you can create a general solution to a question which is scalable and fast.
From BBC
He was still better than most NFL quarterbacks, though, even with one hand essentially tied behind his back.
From Los Angeles Times
"You can attribute some of the issues to the pandemic but, overall, what's happened is essentially we don't have the resources we used to have," said Ms McLaughlin.
From BBC
Many governments sell bonds - essentially IOUs - to raise money for public spending and in return they pay interest.
From BBC
A patent troll acquires broad patents not to develop any technology but to extract settlement money through essentially meritless nuisance suits.
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