Etymology
Origin of essentiality
Example Sentences
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Subplots like this have granted “The Pitt” a kind of cultural essentiality.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026
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
The verdict relied on what’s known as the essentiality test — basically, whether a religious practice is or is not obligatory under that faith.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022
The sin or the defect cannot be unmixed; its very originality, its essentiality, must line it, though it be the blackest of clouds, with some silver.
From The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker by Lloyd, Alfred H.
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