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necessary or important or relating to the basic nature of something
- I realized pretty quickly that I was essentially being instructed to befuddle old people into switching energy suppliers, and told Syed, my personal "adviser," that I couldn't do it.p. 15.8
- I could not sleep in what was essentially a cupboard.p. 242.1
- But essentially it was not a huge help.p. 248.5
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