Etymology
Origin of essentiality
Example Sentences
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The researchers also created an "essentiality map" showing when specific genes are required during development.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
In that brimmed another truth Rich Beem has carried through the 20 years that followed the one day: the essentiality of humor.
From Washington Post • May 19, 2022
Never have I questioned its essentiality, and I certainly appreciate the revolutionary cinematic touches Francis Ford Coppola uses to bring the Corleone saga to life.
From Salon • Apr. 29, 2022
Critics say the essentiality test gives courts broad authority over theological matters where they have little expertise and where clergy would be more appropriate arbiters of faith.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022
Moods like that which mothered the amiable elegance of the "Valse Triste" and that which produced the hard and naked essentiality of the Fourth Symphony are almost foreign to each other.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
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