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importance

[im-pawr-tns] / ɪmˈpɔr tns /




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"The study highlights the importance of maintaining balanced dietary carbohydrates to support gut and immune homeostasis."

From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026

This happens gradually to everyone: Speed and power loses importance and endurance gains importance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

England midfielder Jude Bellingham has stressed the importance of needing to "feel loved" as he looks to help them enjoy World Cup success this summer.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Events like big-ticket games “are a great opportunity to highlight the importance of giving yourself rules for how you’ll make future decisions, even though you don’t know exactly what those decisions will be,” Hargrove said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

Since then he and I have settled into an unstated pact to ask and tell each other absolutely nothing of importance, and that is why, bizarrely, Theo is what would count as my closest friend.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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