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The term “important” operates as a marker of elevated significance across various literary contexts. It can emphasize the pivotal nature of actions, ideas, or objects—whether referring to the essential elements of language pronunciation and technique [1] or highlighting key historical and cultural achievements [2]. Writers use it to stress matters that shape personal and collective destinies, such as crucial decisions or transformations in governance and thought [3, 4]. In some texts, “important” even underscores the necessity of reflection, calling attention to considerations that are integral to understanding a subject’s core, both in artistic and analytical discourses [5, 6].
  1. It is important to observe that the metre requires us to pronounce gnâspati either as gnăāspătĭḥ or as gănāspătĭḥ .
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  2. He completed some important public works, which, though not numerous, were very useful.
    — from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius
  3. Almost all important English books are republished in the United States.
    — from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
  4. Hence the trowel , we are informed, was the most important, though of course not the only, implement in use among the master builders.
    — from The symbolism of Freemasonry : by Albert Gallatin Mackey
  5. He struggled to say something important, absolutely necessary, and strove to overcome his timidity.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  6. The most important thing in thinking, he says, is "awareness that..."
    — from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

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