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in essence



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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.
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That order was, in essence, an attempt to rewrite history on race and gender.

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Tariffs, Pancotti said, are a regressive tax that disproportionately impacts lower earners because, in essence, a tariff is a sales tax on imported goods.

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That, in essence, explained how the Tideline decided to handle the satire about the fire alarms.

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Though brief, it is the type of footage one would expect to see at a memorial service, which, in essence, is what this film was supposed to be.

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Perhaps the most vulgar thing that Trump did was to assert that divine intervention, in essence, God, prevented an assassination so that he could make America great again.

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