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essential
B1Frequent NGSL-2completely necessary; extremely important in a particular situation or for a particular activity
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But then, as Jeff points out, failure is an essential component of innovation and invention.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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Encompassing all these issues, allow me to focus my remarks on just the two issues which I believe are essential for young people to build a sustainable, inclusive, secure, and prosperous future.
We're one of the largest cloud players in China, so AI is essential.
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