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vital

B2Frequent NGSL-3

UK /ˈvaɪtl/US /ˈvaɪtl/

adjective

necessary or essential in order for something to succeed or exist

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An encounter with another interior, taking my most vital and most urgent questions, trusting them to that thread and sending them out to other selves.

Han Kang's Nobel Prize Banquet Speech (2024)

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