in essence

Idioms  

1. Basically, by nature, as in He is in essence a very private person or In essence, they were asking the wrong question. This term employs essence in the sense of “intrinsic nature,” a usage dating from the mid-1600s.

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Example Sentences

What “playing the right way” looks like is, in essence, dominating every single facet of a game of professional basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal

So, in essence, today’s claims data are old.

From Barron's

With the chorus representing the voice of the polity eliminated, in essence Mr. Icke has transformed the play into a more intimate if no less fraught family tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is, in essence, a bet on the business of speculation: Polymarket lets you gamble on almost anything, from the World Series to Ireland’s presidential election.

From The Wall Street Journal

So, in essence, he already has a significant grip on transfer matters.

From BBC

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