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With assertions that the other side has essentially cherry picked the texts, Baldoni and his team have repeatedly denied any such smear campaign was ever unleashed.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
And Twilight Hours was created at the same time as Western Stars in 2018 and is essentially a companion album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs — adding levies of 20 percent on the European Union, 34 percent on China and more — essentially negate the logic behind the global supply chains underpinning the fashion industry.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite working in a position of power within the ecosystem of the hotel, they are still essentially subservient to all of their guests, if not significantly less well off.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2025
And Twilight Hours was created at the same time as Western Stars in 2018 and is essentially a companion album.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs — adding levies of 20 percent on the European Union, 34 percent on China and more — essentially negate the logic behind the global supply chains underpinning the fashion industry.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Apr. 2025
Despite working in a position of power within the ecosystem of the hotel, they are still essentially subservient to all of their guests, if not significantly less well off.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Essentially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/essentially. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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