essence
Example Sentences
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Sure, implied volatility, which is the essence of put and call prices, remains expensive, but options cost less than stocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Speed is of the essence because, nearly a month in, disruptions are spreading.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
When this began earlier this month, ministers set out what they see as the essence of the challenge they - and we as a society - face.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
But the shape of time is different for a musician, he said, and he once wrote a poem that captured the essence of his wife’s ageless grace.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
His grandchildren would inherit a quarter; his great-grandchildren, an eighth; his great-great-grandchildren, one-sixteenth, and so forth—until his genetic essence had been diluted, in just a few generations, into complete oblivion.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.