Sentence examples for essentially has been from inspiring English sources

The answer from May's government, essentially, has been to keep repeating that there will be both, interrupting this patter not with rationality but with gaffes.

David E LaBarge, Clemons, N.Y.: You conveniently elide the point that Iraq is indeed in a civil war and essentially has been since the British artificially created this country consisting of three different factions full of hatred for each other.

The argument, essentially, has been twofold; first, that an impressive gallery of Victorian individuals and institutions promoted, sometimes vigorously, the Jewish colonization of Palestine; and secondly, that these eminent Christian Zionists were men and women of their time, and that [End Page 18] their restorationist views were somehow characteristic of a more prevalent cultural climate.

Just so we're clear, Don essentially has been fired, right?

So this, essentially, has been just a long-winded introduction of my appreciation of Zambrano's historic no-hitter Sunday night.

But combined, they're a formidable challenge for a league that essentially has been bulletproof since overtaking baseball in the mid-1980s as the nation's No. 1 sports league.

Greene said he essentially had been the beneficiary of the Jets' renewed effort to run the ball.

They said that without the land and the city's financial help, the project would essentially have been impossible.

At the time, Bharti had approached MTN about a deal that would essentially have been a takeover.

As evidenced by the World Cup campaign, the Matildas, essentially, have been playing for Australia as full-time professionals while being paid part-time wages.

By keeping patients -- and doctors -- in the dark, insurance companies essentially have been given a carte blanche to rip people off, he argued.