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portance
[ pawr-tns, pohr- ]
noun
- bearing; behavior.
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
TĀhis last argument, to gain Āknowledge, rarely appears in the list of reasons why a business goes interĀnationalĀ, and yet it is of crucial imĀportance because those companies that donāt workĀ in international marĀkets become less competitive and more vulnerableĀ Āfor this reaĀson.
These stories were calculated to increase the im- portance of the clergy and to convince people that they were under the special care of the Deity.
Portance in my travelsā history; Wherein of antres vast and desarts idle, Rough quarries, rocks and hills whose tops touch heaven, It was my wont to speak.
How they had escaped from shipwreck and all the "portance of their travelled history," the Countess had small time to learn, for soon after their arrival she herself was summoned to the sick Earl at Cornbury Park.
Fortunately, an unstated but strict protocol helps ease Rogers' schedule, which is arranged according to the im portance which the U.S. attaches to each foreign minister's country.
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