all-important
extremely or vitally important; essential.
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How to use all-important in a sentence
The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
Piketty only waves his hands around the all-important question of whether economic inequality undermines democracy.
American Democracy Under Threat for 250 Years | Jedediah Purdy | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo create that all-important alcohol content, the fumes are circulated out of the still into condensers.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still Matters | | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe look with unease on the shadow of wisdom, but refuse to examine it—and our anxiety over all-important tests deepens.
Nothing but practice—frequent, but not too long continued—can establish the all-important balance.
Horsemanship for Women | Theodore Hoe MeadYet, upon this all-important knowledge, which I was neglecting, rested my chance of independence.
The Monctons: A Novel, Volume I | Susanna MoodieI fear greatly that she has but loose ideas upon these all-important subjects.
"I shall dine here," he had said when Mr. Moulder was discussing with the waiter the all-important subject of dinner.
Orley Farm | Anthony TrollopeStrange as it may seem, some women who go fairly hard in the wake of hounds, do not realise how all-important a matter this is.
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British Dictionary definitions for all-important
crucial; vital
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