How to Use crucially in a Sentence

crucially

adverb
  • Woodall, too, reads as out of place, if not as crucially.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Most crucially, the tallest sapele trees emerge high above the canopy.
    — Jerome Lewis, Scientific American, 26 Apr. 2020
  • And, even more crucially, to care.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But where is that line and, more crucially, who gets to decide?
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 9 July 2019
  • But crucially, each item is more than suitable to wear on a video call from home.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Jan. 2023
  • How states should pay for this defense, crucially, is left up to the states.
    — Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
  • And, of course, most crucially, the queen is ready to return.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2023
  • And, crucially, if they are shot down, they are not mourned by the public.
    — Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The war is, in many respects (but crucially, not all), over.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Most crucially, the front office’s first-round picks have been hits.
    — Dianna Russini, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But crucially, Spits’s team flipped that script.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2025
  • And crucially, the warning lights would go off too late to prevent those deaths.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2022
  • And, more crucially, has the michelada craze gotten out of hand?
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022
  • But, crucially, Mendeleev wasn’t a huge stickler for his own rules.
    — Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2019
  • And, crucially, they won’t ever get taxed on that relief.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
  • And, crucially, they won’t ever get taxed on that relief.
    — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And crucially, all this needs to be measurable.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • And just as crucially, Detroit got traffic to the front of the net to go with those shots.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Each project creates its own wave of attention and, crucially, points to the next.
    — Sinéad O'Sullivan, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Most crucially, there is still time in the next day and change to address those shortcomings.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In our hearts, our minds and – much less crucially – in memes and GIFs.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Just as crucially, the playoffs showed some things to the Raptors, too.
    — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • More crucially, Frank and Kirsten aren’t done being their old selves.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
  • And, crucially, no proof that Nancy Guthrie is still alive.
    — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Certain celebrities and—crucially—their stylists are more willing to take risks than their peers.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The big question is if, when — and, crucially, why — companies raise prices.
    — NBC News, 12 May 2021
  • There are a great many fronts in the battle for the climate, and this is a crucially important flank.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021
  • That reduced the amount of mass that had to go down to the Moon and, crucially, the amount that had to be brought back up.
    — Oliver Morton, WIRED, 4 June 2019
  • The men answer to each other, their cause, and, crucially, themselves.
    — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025
  • And, crucially, what is the most a player has ever scored in a single campaign?
    — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

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