Both Uses
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Running in the Family
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- Gambling was so crucial to the economy of certain households that semi-respectable women slept with jockeys to get closer to "the horse's mouth."†
p. 50.9 *crucial = very important
- For some reason it was crucial that he be taken to hospital by a member of the family rather than under military guard.†
p. 153.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(crucial) very important or necessary -- often because it determines how something else will turn out
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)