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Only late last month did the EU suspend sanctions on Syria’s energy and banking sectors, most crucially Syria’s central bank.
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
But that stance hinges on a number of factors, most crucially that such levies lead to only a one-off increase in prices and that expectations across businesses and households remain in check.
—Colby Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The video showed the women, wearing high-vis vests, undertaking Breathalyzer tests, sitting in police cars, signing paperwork and—crucially—drinking vodka measured out by a uniformed officer.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Haugerud, who’s also a novelist, has an exquisite ear for dialogue, and Johanne’s words, crucially, never seem to be doing, or duplicating, the work of the images.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2025
But that stance hinges on a number of factors, most crucially that such levies lead to only a one-off increase in prices and that expectations across businesses and households remain in check.
—Colby Smith, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
The video showed the women, wearing high-vis vests, undertaking Breathalyzer tests, sitting in police cars, signing paperwork and—crucially—drinking vodka measured out by a uniformed officer.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Haugerud, who’s also a novelist, has an exquisite ear for dialogue, and Johanne’s words, crucially, never seem to be doing, or duplicating, the work of the images.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Crucially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crucially. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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