The phrase "albeit crucial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrasting idea or to acknowledge an important point while also indicating that there may be limitations or other considerations.
Example: "The project was successful, albeit crucial adjustments were needed along the way."
Alternatives: "although important" or "even if essential".
But he's a secondary character, albeit crucial in a certain way.
Computational studies help to clarify this striking difference arising from a simple, albeit crucial, structural change, from CH2OCON to OCH2CON, in the para-position of the 8-phenyl ring.
Therefore, we investigate whether discussing the relationship of people with their homes could help circumventing the methodological difficulties that inevitably arise when trying to approach less tangible (albeit crucial) elements such as norms and attached meanings.
The irony is that thanks to this subtle, albeit crucial structural tweak the new substance, the analogue, might end up carrying far greater health risks for consumsers than the illegal drug itself.
Figures 2 and 3 differ in only one, albeit crucial, respect.
The findings albeit crucial for policy direction, it is important to acknowledge that a limitation of the study was the use of geographical accessibility to select districts.
And most of the time, pharmacogenomics is one of a series of tools--albeit a crucial one--that researchers use to investigate how patients respond to drugs, and the mechanisms of drugs and drug interactions.
It was just one of the steps – albeit a crucial one – on the way to producing genetically modified animals, he says.
In 2000, when everybody thought that he was going to get a relatively large amount of support, he only got about three percent -- albeit a crucial three percent -- of the national vote.
Everything Chapo did, Chupeta did bigger, whether it was the volume of cocaine he controlled, the size of his palatial homes, or the extremes he took to evade capture and extradition to the U.S. To Ramirez Abadia, Guzman was a middle man, albeit a crucial one.
The nebulization step is therefore omitted, albeit the crucial RNA fragmentation step may easily result in RNA degradation.
