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in essence
Idioms and Phrases
Basically, by nature, as in He is in essence a very private person or In essence, they were asking the wrong question . This term employs essence in the sense of “intrinsic nature,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.Example Sentences
They would, in essence, "close that building down", he said, referring to FBI headquarters.
In April, he announced his position to “leave it to the states,” in essence abdicating a strong stance on abortion access.
The suggestions here go by a bunch of different names, but the premise is the same: They’re things that, in essence, promote other things.
But in the United States’ unusual election system, there are in essence two counts —the popular vote and the results in the electoral college.
Was it hard to get back to that place after your comedy was in essence fact-checked?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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