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very important or necessary- Doing well on the SAT is crucial to getting into the college I want to attend.
crucial = very important
- The information is crucial to making a good decision.
- It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into 'Four legs good, two legs bad' at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches.George Orwell -- Animal Farm
- Not the animal world, not the plant world, not the miracle of the spheres, but man himself is now the crucial mystery.Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces
- The crucial conversation with Ian might never have taken place if not for Jamie.Stephenie Meyer -- The Host
- My hope is to provide counseling and housing for families and victims of abductions and exploitations during the crucial early days of reconnection.Jaycee Lee Dugard -- A Stolen Life
- Sudden familiarity or instant intimacy seemed crucial to me.Toni Morrison -- The Bluest Eye
- Does he know how crucial it is to get every word right from now on?Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- It took no towering intelligence to conclude that this appeal would be crucial to my career as a teacher.Pat Conroy -- The Water is Wide
- Now came the crucial test: date palms, cotton, melons, coffee, medicinals — more than 200 selected food plant types to test and adapt.Frank Herbert -- Dune
- He began with making a crucial incision on me from the navel to the clavicula.Voltaire -- Candide
- Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it.Libba Bray -- A Great and Terrible Beauty
- If you get caught at some crucial point and somebody tells you that your doctrine doesn't make sense—you're ready for him.Ayn Rand -- The Fountainhead
- Of course she was going to take that into account when she made her decision, that crucial decision that would determine her whole future.Laura Esquivel -- Like Water for Chocolate
- During that first crucial moment, Bannerman didn't even hear Cujo's low, rising growl.Stephen King -- Cujo
- There were circumstances under which kills had to be made quietly-utter silence was the unreachable goal, but at least minimal noise was crucial.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- This is a crucial moment for you!Ji-Li Jiang -- Red Scarf Girl
- Her hands were steady as she worked although she considered this drinking tonight as something crucial.Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- The next few minutes were going to be crucial.James Dashner -- The Maze Runner
- Finally, the Admiral asked the crucial question—would Rita cooperate?Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon
crucial = very important
crucial = very important
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