as in basically
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Recent Examples of essentially
The nanobubbler system — essentially imperceptibly small bubbles meant to oxygenate the water and choke off algae growth — had never been tested at this scale on a public monument before deployment.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The question of self-dealing was essentially rhetorical, because the expectation that a president served the country — not himself — was foundational.
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Lynn Schmidt,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
One of Batista’s answer-backs essentially accused Rosa of cultural appropriation.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 July 2026
President Ulysses Grant's involvement was essentially limited to a speech on opening day.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The question of self-dealing was essentially rhetorical, because the expectation that a president served the country — not himself — was foundational.
—
Lynn Schmidt,
Mercury News,
2 July 2026
One of Batista’s answer-backs essentially accused Rosa of cultural appropriation.
—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 July 2026
President Ulysses Grant's involvement was essentially limited to a speech on opening day.
—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for essentially
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This new book is basically a condensation and a dumbing down of those ideas.
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But the total tally obscures how there were basically two types of Davis residents, those living close to the project and those living elsewhere in town.
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The geography of national security has fundamentally changed.
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Rogers said Amazon fundamentally changed the industry’s thinking by prioritizing customer service over decades of traditional inventory optimization.
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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