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significances

noun

plural of significance

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the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action the significance of that word is much debated by biblical scholars

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Recent Examples of significances Factors In Kenya’s Sovereign Credit Rating Rise There are usually multiple significances to a credit rating action. — Ann Rutledge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

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Many of these ghostly impressions and meanings have survived to the present day.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
As the South has become more and more industrialized over the past half-century, these social meanings associated with the accent’s use now highlight a disconnect between its new urban vibe and its older, traditional rural one.

— Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

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The Find + Follow Air Purifier senses areas of high air pollutants in the home – such as where residents are cooking, smoking or burning candles – and adjusts its position to clean this air.

— Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
The five senses — sound, touch, taste, vision and smell — are all key blocks of memory building.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Oct. 2026

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While Bukele is admired by many people in Haiti for his take-charge style, his deployment has also created ripples, raising concerns about his ultimate intentions.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
That’s not to say that Anthropic will go down the same path, only that writing worthy intentions into an official document isn’t the same as writing them into stone.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of intentions

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Then after Reaves scored, Kessler blocked a shot, and for all intents and purposes, the victory was secured for the Lakers.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Tech equities—for all intents and purposes, the stock market itself—wouldn’t be worth the paper they’re printed on.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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