Neumes did, though, have one major flaw: they were essentially a way of jogging the singer’s memory, reminding him of a tune he already knew. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It still essentially sounds like a colourful variant of plainchant, but she embellished the outline of the tune with touches of her own. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

My father, who was a city employee most of his life, had essentially been conscripted into service as a Democratic precinct captain in order to even be considered for promotions at his job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The inside of the limo is essentially a strip club. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Whether or not the white man of the world is able to face truth, and facts, about the true reasons for his troubles—that’s what essentially will determine whether or not he will now survive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole effect is wild and disheveled but essentially friendly. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great Britain had faded to the rear of the field, essentially tied with the United States for last place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The publication of De Revolutionibus was accepted essentially without a murmur by the Catholic Church, and the book was largely ignored by Rome for the rest of the sixteenth century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Khaleh Mandana and I have always shared a special bond, and I'm certain our connection has to do with the fact that she essentially saved my life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We were all essentially letter-writing types, and when we spoke to each other out of the line of duty, it was usually to ask somebody if he had any ink he wasn’t using. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Back in Europe, Maskelyne and his counterparts in Germany and France were forced to the conclusion that the transit measurements of 1761 were essentially a failure. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We had a big yard and a garage in the back, and that became his new workshop, essentially. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But as I’ll hope to show, figures and tropes are essentially very straightforward things that happen to have Greek and Latin names. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a deeply disturbing turn of events, essentially abrogating the Treaty of Versailles and undermining the foundations on which European peace had been built since 1919. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A fugue is an extremely clever and essentially more grown-up version of the same thing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They kept talking, longer than necessary for a specialist whose job was essentially to determine the problem, make small talk with the patient, and proceed with his rounds. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The other communities he had seen on visits were essentially the same as his own, the only differences were slightly altered styles of dwellings, slightly different schedules in the schools. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, this was going to essentially be a message from my soul, on display for all the silk feathered hats to gawk at. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was, essentially, a first draft, laid out in a picture book that roughly corresponded to the way the actual episode would unfold, scene by scene, on television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had died of a drug overdose or joined a cult, my mother’s thinking would have taken essentially the same form. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The long, upright bodies of the oarsmen were catching the wind, acting essentially as sails, hurrying the shells down the course. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The commissioner of corrections has to approve all lockdowns, because they are stressful to inmates, essentially turning them all into keeplocks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I would learn that the disciplinary committee, inundated with more serious offenses, had essentially thrown this one into the circular file. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In consequence, the AT is essentially just the central part of a very long, taxing haul connecting the South and New England. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So there we were, both of us driving through Oklahoma in the nighttime, and both of us essentially naked. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Thus it is important to see that when we hail Theodoric as an important scientist our judgement is essentially anachronistic: he did not seem important to his contemporaries or successors, and his influence is negligible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I have shown that the psychological arrow is essentially the same as the thermodynamic arrow, so that the two would always point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been hired not as William’s equal but essentially as his assistant, at roughly half the pay. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Newton realized that, according to his theory of gravity, the stars should attract each other, so it seemed they could not remain essentially motionless. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only animals we see are pigeons and rats, which are essentially the same thing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What I am now describing, incidentally, is one of many instances I could relate to you to underline Lord Darlington's essentially shy and modest nature. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What they offered was an essentially segregated learning environment that not only taught skills but also brought accomplished blacks together in a way that reinforced racial confidence. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The site is, I am told by my friend Jeff Guinn of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "essentially a vast, cleared field dotted along the circumference by a series of disappointed small towns." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is essentially a guide to women and love. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And remember that by this time, still not 30, he had essentially completed his work on light and on calculus. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

His theory essentially eliminated God’s role in the process of creation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A topic is, essentially, the general form of an argument. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the idea of a university professor making money from what were essentially the fruits of academic research left him uneasy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The trailer was a fifty-foot flatbed rigged for scrapping, essentially a giant bucket. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In Alabama, asking to change venue was an essentially futile act. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Each wheel was essentially a gigantic bicycle wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Controlling the tense of an argument is a very good way of controlling its direction because it is, essentially, a way of controlling which branch of oratory you find yourself in. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Though he didn’t have exponential notation, he invented something comparable, and his calculations were essentially equivalent to the following. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Europe,” said Madame Szegeczowska, in her soft French, “is essentially an economic appendage of the Northern Region. We know it, and it doesn’t matter.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

So, the highest of all our complex technologies in the hardest of our sciences will soon be engaged, full scale, in what is essentially biologic research—and with some aspects of social science, at that. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The petition submitted to the First Congress under his signature, then, was essentially the same proposal he had wanted to introduce at the Convention. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Because maize kernels are wrapped inside a tough husk, human beings must sow the species—it essentially cannot reproduce on its own. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mammals characteristically nuzzle, fondle, hug, caress, pet, groom and love their young, behavior essentially unknown among the reptiles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both Negroes and whites have gained this certainty from the experiment—because I was a Negro for six weeks, I remained partly Negro or perhaps essentially Negro. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plan, I told him, was simply to effect essentially cosmetic changes in order to make the ANC more intelligible — and more palatable — to our allies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would much prefer this useful role, if I had any say, to the essentially unearthly creature we seem otherwise on the way to becoming. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Intelligence is essentially a banal trade of sifting through huge amounts of random information in a search for a single enlightening gem or illuminating link," he wrote. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is said that other villages along the shores of Lake Victoria have been essentially wiped off the map by aids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually out of all this emerged what is called the Standard Model, which is essentially a sort of parts kit for the subatomic world. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sophists—of whom Gorgias was one of the first examples—were essentially just private tutors who trained Athenian aristocrats in philosophy and rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had been against the war for a while, but had always seen it as an essentially noble struggle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Only Nahtan remains essentially himself, the same man however you look at him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am negotiating for what is, essentially, a used playing field,” Widget continues. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It moans and occasionally throws objects around, but is essentially simple-minded and will, at worst, growl alarmingly at anyone who stumbles across it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Amazon basin, essentially an astoundingly large river valley made of deposited mud, has almost no stone, so archaeologists wouldn’t even find that. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The verdict of history, or at least the reigning judgment of most historians, is that the story is essentially true. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Where other people may hyperventilate or feel faint when having a panic attack, my anxiety essentially caused high levels of tiredness, leaving me feeling incredibly drained. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For the purposes of understanding music theory, however, the important thing about standing waves in winds is this: the harmonic series they produce is essentially the same as the harmonic series on a string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It took her that moment to remember that I didn’t live here, that in Congo her daughter was essentially an outsider. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Paris, Kissinger and Tho worked out a peace deal—essentially the same deal they had agreed to in October. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Bob and I believe that the worst course of action is to continue in this essentially passive role which can lead only to eventual defeat and an invitation to get out in humiliating circumstances.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The stromboli is a staple in Pennsylvania cuisine, essentially consisting of a pizza folded on itself, a bread, dairy, and meat concoction held together with copious amounts of grease, classic adolescent comfort food. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

While your country was in a political crisis and young people were getting shot at by the police, I was essentially passing for white. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In Paris and Western Europe, the story was “essentially a one-day sensation,” with the West German press handling it “as if it were in the Chicago gangster tradition.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beetee essentially gives us the afternoon off while he works with the wire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson privately acknowledged to Madison that these accusations were essentially true. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The clearest evidence for this view comes from pairs of countries that divide essentially the same environment but have very different institutions and, associated with those institutions, different per-capita GNPs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the two-and-a-half-mile mark it was essentially the same story. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After her divorce, my grandmother's family essentially disowned her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Zooey went on looking at her for a moment, his face essentially expressionless—discounting a line of perspiration on his rather long and singularly Irish upper lip. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pause for a moment, thinking about my hood and how even though families grew up and changed, things essentially stayed the same, until now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Schopenhauer’s theories, like Wagner’s operas, could not be described as succinct, and they are consequently hard to summarise briefly, but the idea that caught Wagner’s imagination was that we humans are essentially irrational, emotional animals. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He had always thought of Fudge as a kindly figure, a little blustering, a little pompous, but essentially good-natured. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I expected her to be physically removed from the building and was horrified to realize that the Plaza Hotel was essentially Bonnie Central. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Although less given to hyperbole than Washington, Du Bois saw Durham in essentially the same positive light after visiting there less than a decade later. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even when they had lived aboveground, they were essentially night creatures. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Edwards was essentially a simple man, but even a simple man has complexities which are dark and twisted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Notice that the syncopated notes in the melody come on the second and fourth quarters of the beat, essentially alternating with the strong eighth-note pattern laid down in the accompaniment. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In other neighborhoods there were different words to the song but essentially it was the same game. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Jefferson’s perspective, then, Adams was essentially proposing that the two men join forces and stand back-to-back in the killing zone. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The peasants of Europe worked essentially as low-paid slaves of an aristocratic landlord, with little control over their own destinies. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It is, however, a bewildering, essentially scatterbrained kind of business, expanding steadily without being planned or run by anyone in particular. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was essentially, said Boo, “remedial classes for divine dunces.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom was essentially blackmailing me into being a good feminist and following my heart. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Over the long haul things would have a way of working themselves out toward an essentially good position. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He found that about half of all the cases came, essentially, from four neighborhoods representing about 6 percent of the geographic area of the city. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the porpoise was large and essentially swallowed whole, the toupee stopped my heart. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That is, essentially, a way of recognizing the provisional and imperfect nature of scientific reasoning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

On such a scale an individual atom is essentially impossible to imagine, but we can of course try. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Our last faculty meeting was essentially a seminar on Donovan Curtis. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

We approach the station for A–E. It’s essentially a small desk with a Black Suit behind it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This was essentially the idea that Reich pursued, albeit with more complex initial patterns. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They took care to engage the temple priesthood, which was essentially a system of religious corporations with their own pecuniary interests. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The second floor, essentially an attic, was even narrower than the first, the house tapering under a slanted roof. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Those categories of cultural differences within Polynesia are essentially the same categories that emerged everywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kaz’s endorsement put Mary on the engineering track, essentially promising a promotion when she successfully completed a few core courses. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I’d essentially be proofreading—checking for errors and making suggestions about work that had already been done on behalf of “our team.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew that the man’s accusation was essentially right, and he did not like the idea of killing him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anatole’s students did essentially the same, displaying a constant impulse to educate him about democracy and human rights—arrogant sophomores! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poorest houses, of which there were many, were essentially one-room kitchens. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And that is essentially all we know about Halley’s family. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ky Ebright was, in fact, in the midst of doing essentially the same thing—perhaps in reaction to all hed been reading about the Washington sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The ultimate ancestors of all modern Polynesian populations shared essentially the same culture, language, technology, and set of domesticated plants and animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And a robot,” added Powell, “is essentially iron.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The chance of going to jail—thereby losing your job, your house, and your freedom, all of which are essentially economic penalties—is certainly a strong incentive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Most of us will simply feel irritable and confused, Mr. Benedict had said, essentially the way we feel now whenever the television is on and the messages are being broadcast. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecution presented essentially the same case, though in more streamlined form. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the monkeys that were dying in Room H had become essentially a heap of mush and bones in a skin bag, mixed with huge amounts of amplified virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Caroline that Emma was “essentially going on well & undeniably growing.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue’s Clues is essentially a show built around the James Earl Jones effect. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the volatility of these last digits makes them essentially random, every number from 000 to 999 is equally likely to come up. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a compulsive, essentially neurotic kind of behavior, as mindless as an Ionesco character, but the wasp cannot imagine any other way of doing the thing. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern languages tell essentially the same story but add detail. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The building consisted mainly of one narrow and profoundly vertical room—a giant stairwell, essentially—dominated by a skeletal staircase that corkscrewed from the floor to a stone landing, more than a hundred feet up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"The whole park is so volatile that it’s essentially impossible to draw conclusions from almost anything that happens." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And two of those days were for a depressive episode after a fall in Bowdle, South Dakota, essentially the halfway point. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was essentially smuggled into the presidential suite. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was essentially just a confusing mass of numbers, but Hutton noticed that if he used a pencil to connect points of equal height, it all became much more orderly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

What Shapin offers is essentially a circular argument: talk of constraint is incompatible with relativism, but historians are committed to relativism, consequently they must not talk of constraint. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

For tens of millions of years these enormous, intelligent, communicative creatures evolved with essentially no natural enemies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transmission of heredity, as Aristotle perceived it, was essentially the transmission of information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cancer kids are essentially side effects of the relentless mutation that made the diversity of life on earth possible. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We don’t have to worry about mixing up the value of the number—its cardinality—with the order in which it arrives—its ordinality—since they are essentially the same thing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, there is essentially no black-white test score gap within a bad school in the early years once you control for students’ backgrounds. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go to parties as much as I did, but her mother was essentially holding her hostage in her house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“They had a complex system of rules, but... yes, that’s essentially what happened.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They said that essentially the drug is twelve hours of schizophrenia, and if you already have a lot of this brain transmitter, you don’t get out of it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the Pyrenees and the Alps, entire villages would essentially hibernate from the time of the first snow in November until March or April. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A long, narrow slot of water between Oakland and Alameda Island, it was essentially a marine highway through an already aging industrial landscape. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then, dividing the kennel into four more sections, he marked five more places, essentially claiming ownership and leadership over the entire kennel: all eight romping stomping pounds of him. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Another expert took a different view, essentially saying there wasn’t enough money to treat MDR, no matter how encouraging Farmer’s results. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then Ambady compared those snap judgments of teacher effectiveness with evaluations of those same professors made by their students after a full semester of classes, and she found that they were also essentially the same. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But then, Comrade K. N. M. Pillai was essentially a political man. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These foreign holdings or “cleruchies” not only put underused land back into taxable cultivation, but also afforded the king what was essentially a countrywide system of garrisons. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When you call soldiers “boots on the ground,” for instance, is that not essentially the same thing as calling a car “wheels”? Those distinctions can safely be left to the theorists. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The talent of essentially half of the Czech athletic population has been squandered. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Clearly, there were some fundamental changes before 1608, but in many respects Renaissance science was essentially an extension of classical science. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Viruses reproduce by injecting bits of their genetic material into a living cell, essentially reprogramming the cell so it reproduces the virus instead of itself. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Releasing a secret document he had essentially stolen from Rand was a betrayal of Rowen’s trust and would hurt him, both personally and professionally. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And that was why, she realized, their conversation was always lighthearted, superficial, essentially meaningless. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It essentially says computing power doubles every eighteen months to two years. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That’s essentially what the doctors at the Mater hospital told my parents when they discussed the operation they were planning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The American biologist Roger Payne has calculated that using the deep ocean sound channel, two whales could communicate with each other at twenty Hertz essentially anywhere in the world. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner over, I put the remains in the plastic bag that served as a tablecloth and tie it up tightly to discourage the flies that have free access to my essentially screenless abode. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They use virtual cameras—imaginary cameras, essentially, made of math; shooting imaginary characters, also made of math—whose lens physics is faithful to the real world. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But down deep, at the molecular heart of life, the trees and we are essentially identical. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michele is essentially an autodidact, and so not to be taken too seriously. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Anyone who reads them with attention discovers that even the most nonsensical take place in a world which is essentially rational and matter-of-fact. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His formal proposal arrived a week later, envisioning a tower that was essentially a taller version of what he had built in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In this case, criminals and thugs essentially act as mercenaries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is certainly safer to keep a child in the rear seat than sitting on a lap in the front seat, where in the event of an accident he essentially becomes a projectile. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We were all essentially cut from the same cloth, so to speak. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What was "special" about the special theory was that it dealt with things moving in an essentially unimpeded state. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The cloud itself is essentially just a zone of statistical probability marking the area beyond which the electron only very seldom strays. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We're whisked down to the bottom level of the Remake Center, which is essentially a gigantic stable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Might a civilization composed of essentially immortal beings consider interstellar exploration fundamentally childish? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So from the point of view of asteroid research the twentieth century was essentially just a long exercise in bookkeeping. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Astronomers in the twentieth century essentially abandoned the solar system," he added. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A wide variety of microbes, which would have been indetectable with conventional scoring techniques, was found in essentially every site examined. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first two were essentially responsible for the northern Appalachians, the third for the central and southern Appalachians. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Washington remained out in front, their lead—almost two lengths now—essentially undiminished. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“But once my twelfth birthday passed without a single shift, the Bureau declared me ‘essentially human’ and now I’m here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So when you grasp what Aristotle’s about—that his theory of rhetoric is also essentially a theory of human nature—you cannot but find yourself in awe. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

This kind of argument was essentially a distraction from Galileo’s medical studies, although in any case he did not pursue these with any enthusiasm. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He swings the silver-tipped cane under her belly and behind her front legs, essentially threatening her with it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There are many versions of this paradox but they are essentially equivalent: one would get contradictions if one were free to change the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a story that tended to sprawl all over the place, and yet it remained essentially portable. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn't that he was rotten, but just that he smelled like his body had mistaken its organs for garbage and that he was essentially a walking, talking trash can. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I relished seeing the familiar faces of my relatives, and I essentially met my grandparents for the first time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When most people believed in an essentially static and unchanging universe, the question of whether or not it had a beginning was really one of metaphysics or theology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of those theories are essentially ways of saying that the criminal is a personality type — a personality type distinguished by an insensitivity to the norms of normal society. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a family of immigrants where the Saedis were essentially the only ones who hadn't been granted permanent residency, we were already at a disadvantage. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Modern physics and chemistry have reduced the complexity of the sensible world to an astonishing simplicity: three units put together in various patterns make, essentially, everything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The above took place in what was essentially a storage closet where a small crew of us had been relegated to meet for a group assignment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In just 200 million years, possibly less, the Earth was essentially formed, though still molten and subject to constant bombardment from all the debris that remained floating about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now Gartler was essentially telling the audience that all those years researchers thought they were creating a library of human tissues, they’d probably just been growing and regrowing HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Every lifeform on Earth has a different set of instructions, written out in essentially the same language. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if they did not exist, the structure of world society, and the process by which it maintains itself, would not be essentially different. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the war, he served essentially as a senior civilian advisor and administrator. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In Eratosthenes’ time, globes were constructed portraying the Earth as viewed from space; they were essentially correct in the well-explored Mediterranean but became more and more inaccurate the farther they strayed from home. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew that it was essentially a liquid which could be induced to flow slowly toward cooing and light. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All we have to do is show up for the first day of practice, and essentially we’re on the team,” I said, trying to make it sound easy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The position of Heisenberg in German physics is essentially unique,” Oppenheimer said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it made me feel better in some obscure way: imagining myself a hero, rushing fearlessly for the gun, instead of merely loitering in the bullet’s path like the bystander which I so essentially am. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Engines and men had scattered as the fire advanced and were now operating on their own, essentially trying to save individual buildings here and there. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the past, agriculture, writing, and improved pre-gun weapons took much longer to spread much greater distances, but the underlying social processes of population replacement and competition were essentially the same. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She allowed herself a frosty smile, “Robots are essentially decent.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There are, essentially, two issues to deal with: consent and money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Under the United Party, the syllabus for African secondary schools and white secondary schools was essentially the same. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to forget when you worked at Sing Sing that all the in-mates there were, essentially, missing from someplace else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned the lesson that an animal is an animal, essentially and practically removed from us, twice: once with Father and once with Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dog teams barked from both ends of town, and although she knew there were snowmobiles, the village was essentially a sled-dog town—an old-fashioned Eskimo settlement. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like others on the Osage tribal roll, Mollie and her family members each received a headright—essentially, a share in the tribe’s mineral trust. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Besides, even if peers exert so much influence on a child, isn’t it the parents who essentially choose a child’s peers? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Most woodwinds can get two different octaves with essentially the same fingering; the lower octave is the fundamental of the column of air inside the instrument at that fingering. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The program, Teller told them, “had essentially not been of any magnitude worthy of the name.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Because of it, she could understand why, when essentially they were so mismatched, her mother had married her father. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, it belongs to the same group of arthropods as the blue crab, has essentially the same physiology, and would presumably suffer the same effects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is essentially a qualitative, not a quantitative, process. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her father told her stories of how the recently emancipated black people were essentially re-enslaved by former Confederate officers and soldiers, who used violence, intimidation, lynching, and peonage to keep African Americans subordinate and marginalized. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In other words, Burr’s allegation that Hamilton had made a practice of vilifying him for many years was essentially correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So much so that some people believed that the Nhambiquara were essentially a myth. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He told me his story, a South African story that was all too familiar to me: The man grows up under apartheid, working on a farm, part of what’s essentially a slave labor force. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The other centre of operatic style in the nineteenth century was Paris, though French opera at that time was essentially a grander version of Italian opera. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Which is exactly why I should. But don’t worry. I’m essentially a selfish creature. I crave your company too much to do what I should.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Research into HPV eventually uncovered how Henrietta’s cancer started: HPV inserted its DNA into the long arm of her eleventh chromosome and essentially turned off her p 5 3 tumor suppressor gene. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After the letter to my wife, I wrote next essentially the same letter to my sister Ella. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hunch was that when those deactivated chicken cells fused with HeLa, something inside HeLa would essentially turn the chicken cell back on. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There are some who claim not just that some discoveries are difficult to pinpoint but that all discovery claims are essentially fictitious. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The myriad factors affecting innovativeness make the historian’s task paradoxically easier, by converting societal variation in innovativeness into essentially a random variable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Training was essentially over until they got onto the Hudson. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We say that such Evidence-Indices is circumstantial evidence, where the legal understanding of ‘circumstantial’ essentially means ‘contextual’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

C. P. Ellis: hurting and hurtful, possessed of all the tedious, creaking, accumulated hatreds of the South, and yet guileless and—Riddick believed—essentially honorable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a different way of thinking about what was essentially the same power. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The modern tourist industry, in the sense of people traveling en masse to a congenial spot and finding lots of diversions awaiting them when they got there, is essentially a White Mountains invention. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

By the age of twelve, the boy is essentially fending for himself. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The merchants live above their businesses, so I was essentially in their backyards. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The GUTs also predict that at this energy the different spin-'/2 matter particles, like quarks and electrons, would also all be essentially the same, thus achieving another unification. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although those Africans of 100,000 years ago had more modern skeletons than did their Neanderthal contemporaries, they made essentially the same crude stone tools as Neanderthals, still lacking standardized shapes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boats were approaching the five-hundred-meter mark now, a quarter of the way down the racecourse, with Switzerland, Britain, and Germany essentially tied for the lead, the U.S. and the Italian shells behind them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everybody was essentially himself—was riotously busy fulfilling the vagaries of human nature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boyle says he was "essentially a good kid" but "a hyperactive one" who got up to a fair bit of mischief in his home town of Peekskill, 30 miles outside New York City. TC Boyle: 'It's a godless world, without hope' 2012-10-13T23:06:05Z

The memorial function is emotional, and essentially uncritical. Perspective | Everything is professional at the National Law Enforcement Museum. That’s a problem. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

The Walrus is essentially an embellished oyster bar, emphasis on embellished. Seattle, a Tasting Menu 2011-06-10T19:22:33Z

“Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain”: A documentary that essentially repackages one of the comedian’s sold-out stand-up sets at Madison Square Garden. Films new for the Fourth of July and opening Friday 2013-07-03T23:24:20Z

There’s an essentially political side to Clarke’s intended connection with her audience: she very much wants to foster social change by way of her movies. Shirley Clarke Saw the Future of Cinema 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

For all the theatricality of the production, which relies on a rotating set that suggests a row of tenements in Charleston, the staging is essentially traditional; Camille A. Brown’s inventive choreography is its boldest element. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

In Ostlund’s biting comedy, de Leon embraced the task of dignifying a character who essentially represents the millions of Filipinos working abroad to support their families back home. The Power Player of ‘Triangle of Sadness’: Dolly de Leon 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z

The second half is essentially a courtroom drama in which the victims and their allies face an uphill battle for justice. 'Silenced': Haunting Korean tale of school abuse 2011-11-03T19:59:04Z

Originally published in England in 2000, the book is finally coming out here in the wake of last year's "Foreign Gods, Inc.," which essentially introduced the author to an American readership. Okey Ndibe's 'Arrows of Rain' splits its powerful message 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

In that way, the revamped TenPenh has essentially shifted from Asian fusion to pan-Asian, a distinction perhaps lost on many diners. A ‘pan-Asian’ restaurant may seem dated. In fact, the trend is hotter than ever. 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

With its winning combination of heart and humor, Ted Lasso is essentially the TV equivalent of a hug. 10 fun facts about "Ted Lasso" 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

It's essentially survival of the fittest and I was one of the fittest, so I have no complaints. Robbie Coltrane: 'I take no nonsense' 2012-11-09T22:59:00Z

"I think of myself as being essentially a reader," Borges says in This Craft of Verse. Professor Borges: A Course on English Literature by Jorge Luis Borges – review 2013-05-30T11:00:01Z

The cracked-plate portrait is a powerful exception to the usual dynamics of photography, which is an essentially industrial, reiterative process. Photographing a nation in motion 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

Both use serious business — social history in “Downton,” violence toward women in “Liar” — to dress up what is essentially well-made melodrama. Review: A ‘Downton Abbey’ Star in Peril Again in SundanceTV’s ‘Liar’ 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Slaughterhouses and meat markets have essentially supplanted the tradition. Explorer: In Cajun Country, in Search of the Boucherie 2011-06-03T18:55:00Z

As the thriller “Unforgettable” wends its way toward its not very thrilling climactic scene, we are forced to ask: Why do people keep making essentially the same “crazy ex-” movie over and over again? Review: ‘Unforgettable’ Serves Up Yet Another Crazy Ex 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

The actual process of creating Digi-Whitney is secret, but it essentially involves filming an actor performing every beat of the show, and then mapping her body with Houston’s image. 'It's ghost slavery': the troubling world of pop holograms 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z

Well you're saying essentially that you have your own universe, and then you essentially get to step into someone else — Nick Hornby gave up record stores for Spotify, cigarettes for vaping, and adapting his own books 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

"The Blair Witch Project, which spooked a generation ­raggedy even though it was essentially about a bunch of trees." After Apollo 18: five more found-footage horror stories we'd like to see 2011-08-25T22:00:01Z

The commercial was also meant as a nod to Warhol’s iconic quote: “What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.” Burger King's Super Bowl ad featuring Andy Warhol was taken from a 1982 film 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

In a similar way, Tuck delivers here an autobiographical novel that is essentially a memoir of her early life, from her birth in Paris in the late 1930s through her college years. ‘The Double Life of Liliane’ review: A novel that blends fact and fiction 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

With her rise to prominence, Winfrey essentially shut the doors to her sausage factory. OWN up to cable-TV challenge 2011-01-04T00:52:00Z

The indoor parties — and the fee to get in — are a heresy for many Brazilians who say that Carnival’s block parties are essentially and historically parties by the people and for the people. In Rio, even a ban can’t keep revelers from Carnival streets 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

Andersen said her home has essentially become a Bey — and Bay Area — battleground on the weekends, as her kids wake early to play, often, it should be noted, with mom still dozing. What goes around (and around): Beyblades spin into hot toy 2012-03-23T02:19:04Z

It’s essentially a big, round tent with a front and back door; a latticelike structure braces the frame. In Los Angeles, Ditching the Car for an Eco-Friendly Trip 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

The device is essentially a box with an opening in the front and a floral display on top, containing straw which transforms into compost for use in parks and gardens. Paris residents peeved at very public eco-friendly urinals 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

The best movie I saw this year broke this cycle, essentially by presenting another, more harmonious way the past and present coexist. Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

"The game is essentially about people being overwhelmed," says Dallas, the wiry 37-year-old creative director of Giant Sparrow. Giant Sparrow's 'Edith Finch' unveils a life-and-death game with no guns 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

This part of the play is essentially a promotional résumé, poetically phrased and embroidered with metatheatrical doodads. Review: Playwriting and Bug-Hunting Wed in ‘The Catastrophist’ 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

A durable star since the 1970s, Mr. Hoffman is essentially a character actor writ large, commanding attention by disappearing into his roles while also playing someone we recognize as a “Dustin Hoffman” type. The New Season Film: In Praise of Character Actors 2011-09-14T12:00:05Z

His pieces at the moment, are essentially American-made couture: beaded, embroidered or chain linked painstakingly by hand in his New York studio, just a man and a team of interns. New York Men’s Fashion Week: The Mixtape 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

And because the tale is essentially a fantasy — of love, fame and ruin; biography as mythology — its casting is the inverse of the rock bio. Queen, Ally and the Alchemy of Musical Stardom on the Big Screen 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z

For Barnes, this prologue is essentially a device to introduce the art and personalities of what is evidently one of his favorite historical periods. Hanging With the Wits and Dandies of the Belle Époque 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

But regardless of the viewer’s curiosity as to whether or not Vega essentially “is” Marina, there’s no denying that she brings a depth, sophistication and resilience to the role. Daniela Vega: the transgender star lighting up the film industry 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z

She is still shocked – or rather, her default amazement flows on unabated – at the fact she not only won the title role in Kimmy Schmidt, but that the role was essentially written for her. ‘Oh my gosh, I love that question!’: Why Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’s Ellie Kemper is TV’s happiest star 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

Ms. Stritch initially landed a supporting role in Coward’s musical comedy, but he became so smitten with her talent that he kept changing the script until it essentially became a star vehicle for her. Elaine Stritch, vivid stage and screen personality, dies at 89

If you were a woman, premartial sex would render you essentially worthless. How Evangelicalism's racist roots and purity culture teachings catalyzed the Atlanta killings 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z

Analysis: Actors sometimes win Oscars for their careers and not the role in question, so it wouldn't be unusual to see Moore land her first Academy Award for what is essentially a well-acted TV movie. 'Unbroken' could stir Oscar acting pot 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The nationality of dealers, artists and collectors becomes less important every year at all art fairs as the market essentially ignores borders. A Global Flavor to Art Basel’s 47th Edition 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

That is essentially the thesis of this genre-confused film: Why not? ‘Seance’ Review: Summoning Trouble with Lipstick and Latin 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

Gradually, almost imperceptibly, the arrangement for full orchestra builds to a lush Romantic rhapsody as the piece, essentially a six-part fugue, all but bursts its bounds. Review: Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra Shines in Simplicity 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

In July, the senator from Texas stood onstage at the Republican National Convention and told a dyspeptic crowd to “vote your conscience” — essentially giving them license to defect from the imminent nominee. How America became a grudgeocracy 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

It was essentially a pretty self-righteous open letter to my fellow classmates, which read, in part: You jerks? How to write about murder for teens, as an adult: Consider Piggy in "Lord of the Flies" 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

But despite these moments, the book is essentially a write-off. Maile Meloy’s ‘Do Not Become Alarmed’: This summer’s big literary novel? 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

It's essentially the same thing, except it uses melted cheese instead of cheese curds. Canadian diner removes poutine from name because it sounds like Putin 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

It would, in American eyes, essentially be a trade barrier that would drive up customer prices by forcing many US producers to undergo an expensive rebranding process. An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

Architects of that era, he says, assumed that essentially unlimited energy resources could be found to sustain a “grid” of “plugged-in buildings.” City planners are increasingly aware of health benefits of clean, living landscapes

Nowadays he’s essentially a Drake clone, as heard on his recent single “Say No More,” and his latest album, “These Days,” which debuted atop the iTunes hip-hop chart in January. White Rappers, Clear of a Black Planet 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Given the sheer amount of misery flung at them on an almost daily basis, you'd be easily forgiven for thinking that EastEnders fans were essentially unshockable. EastEnders: did the cot death plot go too far? 2011-01-05T16:28:15Z

Working on the premise that young children enjoy and are reassured by repetition, the 100 episodes of In the Night Garden follow essentially the same format. In the Night Garden Live! 2010-08-18T22:00:00Z

“It’s essentially like a boa constrictor. Beetlejuice has taken control of the house. He’s thinking about squeezing the life out of it.” The creators of the ‘Beetlejuice’ musical ‘tried to run toward Burton’ visually 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

But the New York City bill essentially rejects pay as a determinant of employment. Interns are now protected against sexual harassment in New York City 2014-03-29T19:00:00Z

At the same time, Saunders has always been essentially an observer, which allows him to instill enormous empathy into his work. George Saunders' novel 'Lincoln in the Bardo' is remarkable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

In early June, food influencer Carolina Gelen shared a step-by-step tutorial on how to make spiral-cut hotdogs, which are essentially hot dogs that are cut and shaped into, well, an elongated spiral. TikTok says you should be enjoying your hotdogs spiral-cut this summer 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

The community of 15 was led by a local man and his wife; it was clean, drug-free and essentially Christian, all of which appealed to me. Experience: I escaped from the Moonies 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Swans, in particular, are not a happy band; they had no trouble on Sunday playing a fantastic and memorably monstrous set in what was essentially a happy place. Critic’s Notebook: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, in All Its Multiplicity 2013-06-17T22:06:12Z

That today, what we see happening in our economy, whether it’s the gig economy or what’s happening with automation, essentially, you have more and more people that are becoming self-employed. The Democratic Presidential Candidate Eager to Challenge Trump on Immigration 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

He accepts the Olympics and marvels that his invention helped produce a champion such as Shaun White, whose two Rolling Stone magazine covers essentially cemented the sport’s acceptance into the mainstream. Jake Burton alive and bristling in ‘Dear Rider’ documentary 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

These are essentially fat guys sitting on a couch all day long? Just asking: The National Zoo’s Bill McShea on pandas

So while it might sound like hyperbole when Balagia says that the No Refusal law essentially means, “We’re going to take your blood no matter what you do”—in practice, it rings true. A DWI offer you can’t refuse 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

So when the society decided to revive the painting in 2006, it meant essentially tackling a jumbo jigsaw puzzle. ?Making American Taste? at the New-York Historical Society 2011-10-16T20:57:17Z

You can read my reflections on the season as a whole in this piece, in which I state that the show essentially does answer its central question: “Who Killed Rosie Larsen?” ArtsBeat: The 'Killing' Finale: Clearer Than You Thought 2011-06-20T17:49:34Z

In this Disney classic, the grumpy beast is literally, physically transformed from his old self by Belle, who's own character development is essentially none. Clip joint: Manic Pixie Dream Girls 2013-01-09T14:13:28Z

Irwin said the building has essentially fallen down and will have to be rebuilt. Robert Irwin to create a major installation in Marfa, Texas 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

One of them, based on “I Got a Story to Tell” by Notorious B.I.G., turns the song’s story, about an affair that takes a criminal turn, into a police procedural — essentially, “Law and Order: B.I.G.” Review: In BET’s ‘Tales,’ Rap Lyrics Get Lost in Translation 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

We may think of the literary experience as essentially solitary: a lone reader's silent encounter with a momentous text. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z

One of these biochemical pieces is essentially a pie chart, but others array the hues neatly in squares and triangles. Galleries: ‘Alive and Present, ‘Enduring’

What had been for centuries essentially a practical question became a philosophical one. What is an artist? Peter Plagens' 'Bruce Nauman' illuminates 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z

Video-conferencing is nothing like real-life conversation, nor is it like cinema or TV, even though it is essentially watching people on a screen. Need zing in your Zoom? Let Warhol and the avant-garde vamp up your video conferences 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z

For many years there was essentially only one set of instruments capable of playing Mr. Partch’s largest works, which meant the pieces were rarely performed. Reviving a Harry Partch Work With Hubcaps and Wine Bottles 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

And there’s a twist to the pronouns at the end that essentially says, “If you help me, I’ll help you.” The Eternal “Stand By Me” 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

Into this fraught discussion now comes Charlie Smith, a 67-year-old white Southerner, who has just published a gorgeous, harrowing novel called “Ginny Gall,” in which essentially all the characters are black. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

Some have suggested her professional background will draw her to the regulatory model in the advertising industry as a route for newspapers to follow – essentially a system of self regulation within a statutory framework. Maria Miller: the new culture secretary facing a steep learning curve 2012-10-05T17:46:12Z

Dating sites for elderly people essentially resemble other singles sites, though members typically post fewer lingerie shots. Narrowing the Field Before Playing It 2011-01-06T00:48:26Z

But, at its best, the play reminds us that farce, with its obsessional neurosis and release of subconscious fears, is an essentially Freudian entertainment. Hysteria – review 2012-08-07T16:00:06Z

You marvel at how an essentially melancholy book nonetheless is sprinkled with delightful wit; and how the sadness at the heart of “The Great Gatsby” somehow hardens into a small, gleaming pearl. Will Baz Luhrmann's noise dampen ‘Great Gatsby’s’ joys? 2013-05-01T18:43:00Z

Smartphones have essentially obviated the situations that promote dramatic conflict -- getting trapped or stranded with other people, say -- and the omnipresence of Wi-Fi makes it impossible to preserve a mystery. The young and the self-involved: 'Cafe Society,' an L.A. story at the Odyssey 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

But other than that, I think essentially, who I am as a person would not be different. Laguna Beach, 10 Years Later: All This Drama Started With the Black and White Party 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

Trump responded, essentially, that Meyers begged him to go on “Late Night” for two years, but Trump refused because he only goes on shows with “good ratings.” Seth Meyers needed to find his place in late night. Then Donald Trump ran for president. 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z

That wouldn’t be necessary, he and his brother concluded; they could invest in the campaigns of others, and essentially buy their way to political power. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

His satirical novel “The Sellout” beat five other finalists for the $60,000 prize, which also essentially guarantees substantial new sales and interest around the world. Paul Beatty becomes first American to win Man Booker Prize 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

Everyone hopes there's a silver bullet, but essentially it's like cancer, there's multiple causes. Isabella Rossellini: the Bee movie star 2012-09-29T23:05:16Z

She essentially says, “I’m not going to be who you think I’m going to be. I am going to be the person I want to be.” "The Persian Version" director on creating a film that is "playful in terms of sexuality" 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

This is essentially the plot of “Click, Clack, Moo.” What We’re Reading with Our Kids this Summer 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs’s clothes essentially amounted to clean, linear shapes filled in with glossy textures and embroidery. Fashion Review: McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu Bring Paris Shows to a Close 2012-03-08T00:21:03Z

Pros: They essentially do the work for you, extending the time between deep cleans. Vacuums come in all shapes and sizes. Here’s how to choose — and use — one. 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z

As in Chaucer’s poem, she prefaces her tale with what is essentially her life story, enlisting the pub’s patrons as her many husbands and various friends and acquaintances. Review: In ‘The Wife of Willesden,’ a Literary Marriage Falters 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

The Church teaches that a priest should dedicate himself totally to his vocation, essentially taking it as his spouse, in order to help fulfill its mission. In Catholic Philippines, father-priests seek papal blessing 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The terrified citizens of Oceania endure such a torrent of deceptive language from their leader that facts become infinitely flexible, essentially irrelevant. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

It was a security detail that essentially said: We have your God now. Life intimidating art 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z

A cousin to detox, a “cleanse” is essentially a form of fasting where you eat nothing but a specific regimen of liquids for several days. Five words you should stop using when you talk about food 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z

Don may have been able to convince people that other people’s tobacco was poisonous while Lucky Strike’s was toasted, but it was essentially the same product. Mad Men: "All You Get to Do Is Watch" 2012-03-26T12:30:43Z

“For us to pretend it doesn’t exist is for us to become a whitewashed, faceless country, which means we are essentially robots with particular accents,” he added. Irish Band Channels the Spirit of Punk, and James Joyce 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

Travis Wilkerson’s film “Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?” is a blend of a movie and a live performance—yet it’s an essentially cinematic experience. Three Genre-Expanding Documentaries About Racist Crimes of the Past 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z

The Church teaches that a priest should dedicate himself totally to his vocation, essentially taking the Church as his spouse, in order to help fulfil its mission. Women in love with priests ask pope to make celibacy optional 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

For all their preternatural skills, they were tethered to their jobs as, respectively, reporter and philanthropist: essentially working stiffs. The James Bond Films at 50: A Golden Franchise for the Ages 2012-10-05T12:00:58Z

As the senior Muslim correspondent on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show," actor Aasif Mandvi parodied some of the media's most absurd notions about Islam, the Middle East and essentially any brown culture that qualified as "foreign." Aasif Mandvi bridges East-West gap on 'Daily' basis and now HBO 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

“You’re essentially giving the target of your lie a copy of the lie.” Noticed: New Technology, but the Same Old Lies 2011-07-08T19:16:51Z

“I wanted to show three people who were essentially decent,” he said. A Humanoid Who Cares For Humans, From the Mind of Kazuo Ishiguro 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

The music here, essentially tonal, pledges allegiance to no particular ism, save for a personable eclecticism rooted in respect for tradition. Classical Recordings: Ethan Wickman and Nicholas Phillips 2011-02-06T02:08:05Z

Eight years is a long time, especially when you're essentially telling the same story over and over again. House is axed ? but did it cling to life for too long? 2012-02-09T11:24:12Z

Even those who are essentially simpatico will conclude, perhaps reluctantly, that most of these essays are not terribly interesting or original. Ask me why: Great writers on the Beatles songs they love most 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

Also includes Titchmarsh's contractually stipulated "Love Hut" – essentially an Argos shed with a mattress in it. Matt LeBlanc comedy Episodes shows what can go wrong in remaking telly 2011-01-08T00:08:02Z

But he calls his father and he says -– and I'm staring into the subtext -– he essentially says, "Come with me." "Better Call Saul" star on playing "the only character breaking good when everybody's breaking bad" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

I don't think the limitless list is essentially escapist, it's too essentially confrontational in its nature for that. Literary lists: Proof of our existence 2013-02-15T19:30:01Z

They can act like an oil sponge, they can be bitter, they can be heavily seeded, the skin can be tough — essentially, there's a lot to be mindful of when working with eggplant. Your ultimate guide to making the coziest, cheesiest, crispiest eggplant parmesan 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z

I was sentenced to life in prison, and essentially, that was like a slow death sentence for me. Chris Wilson's master plan transformed his life after prison. He insists he's "not an anomaly" 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

But eventually she evolved into an influencer of the first order and one who essentially transcends race. Kitty Kelley's Oprah dissection a brave opus 2010-04-23T09:39:00Z

Given this association, my old professor would probably identify “The Deadly Dowager” as essentially Hitchcockian, in the dark-light vein of “Suspicion,” “Shadow of a Doubt” and “Strangers on a Train.” ‘The Deadly Dowager’: A new look at one of the great villains of modern literature 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Viewers accept that the characters are essentially actors who trade privacy for fame and opportunity. The TV Watch: ?Beverly Hills Housewives? Goes on After a Suicide 2011-09-06T15:37:21Z

Readers of “Beowulf,” she said, often “have this understanding that we are essentially on the side of the human characters.” Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

At a time when much of high fashion is highly influenced by image, whether iconic photographs from 1950s couture or new manipulated digital images, Mr. Simons's debut essentially asks people to trust their own eye. On the Runway Blog: Raf Simons Starts Triumphantly at Dior 2012-07-02T16:03:41Z

The series started in 2001, essentially died in 2003, and came roaring back to life at the start of Mr. Obama’s first term and is ludicrously yet thankfully on the verge of an eighth installment. Obama Understood the Power of Art. And He Wanted You to Get It, Too. 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

Facing Oliver’s investigation and a battery of lawsuits, Chuck expects to be fired by the attorney general, essentially ending his ambitions as a public servant. ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 2: Nifty Shades of ‘Weiner’ 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

In some quarters the films and books are lauded for their wholesome message, which is weird considering Bella is essentially deciding whether she'd rather shag a bat or a wolf. Charlie Brooker 2010-07-11T23:04:00Z

"By taking gas away, you're telling us we cannot use woks anymore, essentially taking away our identity and heritage. It forces us to adapt to American culture." Rumors of a gas stove ban ignite a right-wing culture war 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Like Orwell, her cardinal humors were essentially tolerant. ‘The Collected Essays of Elizabeth Hardwick’ Gives Off a Bright Light 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

While many styles of port are made, they essentially break down into two groups: those, like vintage port, which are aged for years in bottles, and those like tawny, which are aged in barrels. Port’s Dilemma: ‘Before Dinner Is Too Early; After Too Late’ 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z

Not for the “frisson” of anything, but because for so-called independent cinema, it is essentially the only way to get a showing and an audience, and $200 to $500. 2010-02-05T04:18:00Z

Dean, who is not registered with a political party, calls himself a centrist but says that the modern GOP has essentially left him way to the left. John Dean experienced Watergate from inside. He’s watching Donald Trump closely. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

The loss of Yang is essentially the loss of a family member, but it may be possible to repair him. What’s on TV This Week: ‘After Yang’ and the State of the Union 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

Before the show, the saxophonist James Fei, who performs on Friday’s set, told me that Composition No. 279 is essentially a compendium of jokes. An Experimental Master Gets His Due Onstage in New York 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gerstein began with the “Chromatic Invention” from Volume 6, essentially a slightly prickly sounding two-part invention in flowing style. Review: Kirill Gerstein Plays Liszt’s ‘Transcendental Études’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

“There’s probably a lot of energy that you would get from being in a bigger group environment that you wouldn’t get from being in isolation, essentially.” ‘Rocky Horror’ at Lincoln Center, With Headphones 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z

The unions bitterly opposed the move out of the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and are fighting efforts by City Opera to turn the orchestra and chorus into essentially freelance jobs. City Opera Strategy Relies Heavily on Donations 2011-11-12T00:49:56Z

But resistance to confronting climate change is essentially choosing not to think about your own death. Climate anxiety doesn’t have to ruin your life. Here’s how to manage it. 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

They are academic sky-painting, essentially—viewed in one remote pictorial plane and forgotten almost as soon as witnessed. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z

Any alleged room of yours ought to be stripped of what is essentially you. “I should be among the dead”: Young, white, and economically advantaged, I was hungry for meaning and found heroin instead 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Women are essentially portrayed as parasites riding on the coattails of men, who have, throughout history, been responsible for “far greater miracles of science, discovery and human endeavour”. Men going their own way: the toxic male separatist movement that is now mainstream 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Called fried peppers, it’s essentially a three-ingredient dish, five if you count black pepper and olive oil, and the first time you eat it you can’t quite believe how far the flavors take you. At Don Peppe, Expect a Lot of Everything 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

Both performed with the unnamed ensemble, essentially a chamber orchestra in which the violin and viola sections were replaced by six guitarists, with Mr. Utley as essentially the concertmaster. Music Review: ?Passion de Jeanne d?Arc? at Alice Tully Hall - Review 2011-10-31T21:57:44Z

Then there is the issue of the boat’s agility, which Ms. Royle said was essentially that of a traditional trading schooner. Sending a Message in 12,000 Bottles 2010-02-20T05:11:00Z

Even Boyd's fine list is essentially anchored in the dust of drama past. The debate: Can British TV produce drama as good as Mad Men? 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

The first half of the concert was essentially a warm-up with a short video tribute to Dudamel, who made his U.S. debut conducting the L.A. Spring bursts to life in Dudamel-conducted 'Carmina Burana' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Of course, that’s essentially the same gap that the eminent Victorian Benjamin Disraeli was talking about when he wrote that his country was made up of “two nations,” of the affluent and the needy. David Hare’s ‘Skylight’ Stars Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

The first half, essentially, is college, back in the days when it was generally accepted that education was about much more than learning things. The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry 2010-09-18T23:05:00Z

This week, the latest edition of an annual study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California found that credits for women in pop have essentially remained flat over the past decade. The Grammys, Always Unpredictable, Face New Surprises 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

Those are the first, attention- demanding words in a new novel by Julia Glass, who won the National Book Award in 2002 for "Three Junes," which was essentially three novellas about one family. 'The Widower's Tale': novelist Julia Glass' sprawling saga of a very extended family 2010-09-16T22:20:00Z

How is it possible for judges to get away with such clear abuses of power, essentially practicing medicine without a license? Should methadone moms keep their babies? 2012-09-19T22:21:00Z

Although its mechanics are refined, the appeal of its essentially brain dead nature depends very much on you. This week's new games 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

The butcher suggested soaking the turkey in buttermilk before roasting, which helped Ms. Lakshmi realize that cooking a turkey is essentially like preparing a really big chicken. Padma Lakshmi’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Slow Roasted and Richly Sauced 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

While the broadcaster was turning down Tangle and Offspring, it commissioned three seasons of Bed of Roses and two of East of Everything – increasingly pale imitations of essentially the same story. The Time of Our Lives: following in the footsteps of Offspring, Tangle and Love My Way 2013-06-14T04:55:02Z

And this new season, which finds the show essentially done digesting its original police procedural elements, is even less visually accessible. Hannibal showrunner: 'We are not making television. We are making a pretentious art film from the 80s' 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The installation, done in bright primary colors and then painted by local artists and students from the nearby Transfiguration School, is essentially a socially distanced food court. Chinatown Is Coming Back, One Noodle at a Time 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

The plan to save the collection from sale was put together after foundations, private donors and the State of Michigan raised $800 million last year, essentially to ransom the museum from city ownership. Detroit Institute of Arts Meets Bankruptcy Plan Fund-Raising Goal 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

The letter writers essentially say that I am a wicked man, who deserves to be punished in hell. Philip Pullman's book on life of Jesus prompts letters condemning him to 'eternal hell' 2010-03-22T11:59:00Z

Cleaning up after your father is essentially enabling him. Perspective | Ask Amy: Racist dad seems unlovable to long-suffering child 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

We agree that the leftwing ideology that Frank imagines "crushing the little guy" is essentially Marxism. Frank Turner: 'I got 100 death threats a day' 2013-04-24T17:15:01Z

Miso is essentially a pure distillation of umami, which bolsters the flavor of bacon exponentially, especially when used in conjunction with maple. The secret ingredient your bacon is missing, chef says 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z

More essentially, for this show’s purposes, she creates an emotionally credible and knowable character in the guitar-playing, socially conscious Rose. Theater Review: ‘Dogfight’ at Second Stage Theater 2012-07-17T02:00:00Z

Some areas, like Florida and Texas, are essentially wide-open and there are all kinds of way to save money. The city of Redmond is trying a new tactic to bolster a resurgence in tourism: giving visitors money 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z

Machu Picchu is essentially a pile of rubble. 'You can't see the Empire State Building from the top': readers on overrated tourist sights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z

It’s a cinematic commonplace to depict the humanity of depraved criminals, but Schrader—essentially a religious filmmaker—goes one better: he dares viewers, even dares himself, to imagine them finding a measure of redemption. The Goofball Criminals of Paul Schrader’s “Dog Eat Dog” 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

They've essentially banned the term gender in a way that has affected the culture and made it really difficult for people to protect those in need. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

The line would be funnier if the show’s audience didn’t perfectly reflect Feig’s New York itself, white essentially down to its last extra. The Gentrified Ghostbusters of 2016 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

For a guy who has gone to great lengths to essentially plug his ears, Mr. Hagerman sure does talk a lot. The Man Who Knew Too Little 2018-03-10T05:00:00Z

The film is sympathetic to their cause, which is essentially a cry for freedom, the interviews with the seven elected presidents forming its spinal cord. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z

In what are essentially linked stories, a man shoots his lover to spare her from being stoned to death by her husband. New Books by Jim Harrison and Howard Jacobson 2011-10-19T22:58:24Z

Fifty-two years later, the acoustically vibrant auditorium, with its 30-foot ceiling, is essentially unchanged from the day “Jazz Samba” was recorded. Blame it on ‘Jazz Samba’: Bossa nova craze started in D.C.

Get Rich Or Die Tryin', was essentially a similar social mobility fable. It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

In brewing beer, yeast functions essentially as a factory, converting sugar into alcohol. Cannabis from yeast: will synthetic pot help grow the industry? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Into this fraught discussion now comes Charlie Smith, a 67-year-old white Southerner, who has just published a gorgeous, harrowing novel called “Ginny Gall,” in which essentially all the characters are black. Why write a novel about a race that’s not your own? The case of ‘Ginny Gall’ 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z

For what are essentially stretchy footless tights in a seemingly endless array of patterns and colors, they have been an unexpected source of controversy. It’s Possible Leggings Are the Future. Deal With It. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

As a confirmed Smash detractor, you might think I’d be turned off by a show that, on the surface at least, is essentially Country Smash. TV Tonight: Nashville 2012-10-10T12:00:47Z

That structure — essentially a novel in linked stories — places extraordinary demands on Gyasi. ‘Homegoing,’ by Yaa Gyasi: A bold tale of slavery for a new ‘Roots’ generation 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z

But to be chosen for this special award essentially for doing what I love most amazes me more than anything,'' he said. MacLaine and Joel to get US honour 2013-09-13T10:02:43Z

“The question,” Mr. Meacham writes, “was whether there was room for Bush, essentially a man most comfortable with the style and the substance of the G.O.P. of the 1950s.” Review: In ‘Destiny and Power,’ George H.W. Bush Epitomizes a Vanishing G.O.P. 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

Don Draper can essentially abandon his children and still be the subject of our empathy, not so ex-wife Betty. 'Orange Is the New Black' Emmy nods a win for women 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

With so much bureaucracy already in place to impede development, a reluctance to add another layer — what would essentially be an Environmental Impact Statement for our brains — is understandable. Modern life is killing us 2012-08-11T13:30:00Z

Less obvious is the engineering and construction that went into rebuilding the High Line, including the extensive drainage systems that underlie what is essentially a rooftop garden. Perspective | The High Line has been sidelined. When it reopens, New Yorkers may get the park they always wanted. 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

These were essentially volatile nightclub gigs with greater projection for a bigger space; for both bands the drummers’ fleeting choices exerted great power. Music Review: Two Stars, Two Assertive Drummers 2010-10-03T21:39:00Z

According to Kelly Goldsmith, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Marketing at Vanderbilt University, McDonald's and Cactus Plant Flea Market essentially created collector bait through their "veritable Russian doll of scarcity marketing tactics." “My price will only go up”: Collectors bet on nostalgia as they resell McDonald’s Adult Happy Meals 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

“It was a beautiful depiction of someone struggling to remain essentially themselves.” The Makers of ‘Still Alice’ Have Their Own Story of Illness 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

The easiest way to differentiate the two is that intolerances are essentially the domain of your digestive system; allergies are handled by the immune system. Why are adult food allergies are on the rise? 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Simons has, essentially, traded up three times, each time for an evermore commercial, dominant brand, as he acknowledged. Warhol & I 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Though his title is principal conductor, Mr. Luisi has essentially been functioning as music director all season. Peter Gelb?s Tenure at Metropolitan Opera 2011-11-25T15:13:27Z

Many prisoners, when they are released, are disenfranchised — essentially voiceless in a democracy. In ‘Us,’ the Tethered Lives That Prisoners Would Recognize 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Lumet started his career directing live TV dramas, which were essentially theater that happened to be broadcast to tens of millions of people simultaneously. Sidney Lumet, 1924-2011: He made movies for grownups 2011-04-09T22:45:00Z

“The short answer is, I went on essentially a plant-based diet,” Clinton told the host. Galley Girl: Bill Clinton Has a Healthy Appetite for Diet Books 2012-01-02T15:51:03Z

It’s as if Schumer and Apatow were dramatizing both the inescapably and essentially personal aspect of their artistic careers and the mutually crucial force of their artistic collaboration. Everyone Is a "Trainwreck" 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

It began, with Granny’s announcement and machinations, as essentially the world’s crappiest HR downsizing meeting. The Americans Watch: The Commitments 2013-04-11T14:14:20Z

“From all I’ve learned it sounds like the director hired two actors with whom he had worked before, and as a result he essentially discriminated against well-qualified Hispanic actors across the New York region.” ArtsBeat Blog: Playwright Criticizes Casting for Production of 'The ____________ With the Hat' 2011-11-30T19:45:25Z

The St. Kitts Tourism Authority said that St. Kitts was essentially unharmed and that its Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, as well as its tourism providers are open for business. After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by Island 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

The perhaps unintended consequence of using famous actors, in films that are almost always written and directed by whites, is that Hollywood essentially “colonizes” African stories. Review: Out of Africa (and Kansas City) Comes The Good Lie 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Through a very specific mileau and set of characters it somehow gets at something that is essentially American. The Knick: scalpel-sharp second season cuts away at Mad Men's status 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

The moments are essentially comic, despite a very serious undertone. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Shani Boianjiu on Women Soldiers in Israel 2012-09-26T16:00:17Z

The mandate then expanded to newer works set during Shaw’s life, then grew again to include essentially any play that Shaw might have liked. In a New Take on ‘Gaslight,’ a Heroine Finds Her Own Way 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Remember when DCI Ian Reed – essentially a good man floored by a bad decision – found himself painted into such a tight corner that he lashed out and murdered Luther's wife? Luther recap: season three, episode three 2013-07-16T21:00:02Z

So theaters see financial sense in essentially renting themselves out, especially since they don't have to bear much of the cost to host the events. Movie theaters branch out to host video game contests and other events 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

It's good enough that, while the album's playing, you forget that the music is essentially an imitation, artfully constructed in order to match Bradley's voice. Charles Bradley: Victim of Love – review 2013-03-28T15:30:01Z

Underneath it all, it’s essentially halter tops, tube tops and shorts. Front Row: Rick Owens Opens a SoHo Pop-Up 2013-07-17T18:35:18Z

I had experienced blockbuster reverberations in my childhood before, of course – ubiquitous Jurassic Park T-shirts, Forrest Gump catchphrases – but this was new: my first palpable point of awareness that cinema and sex were essentially intertwined. Romeo + Juliet at 20: how Baz Luhrmann's adaptation refuses to age 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

The Philharmonic Society operates essentially without a financial net. O.C. classical society sees big spending hike in most recent season 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

And that is essentially what he gathered together after he moved to New York: the Mark Morris Dance Group, a little family of friends, all different shapes and sizes. Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Decades ago they were essentially supermarkets for locals. Taking to the River in Thailand 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

The rest of the film essentially argues that theirs was a true romance. Late-in-life Errol Flynn leers in 'The Last of Robin Hood' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

As Bryan Walsh points out, many industrialized countries have cut their own carbon footprint by exporting carbon-intensive fuels to be burned elsewhere, essentially employing an accounting trick rather than actually reducing global emissions. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z

The show is essentially standard stand-up comedy featuring a familiar performer. Theater Review: John Hodgman Steps Out of ‘The Daily Show’ 2014-01-15T00:01:14Z

Services that computers can provide for essentially no cost to the next student will cost nothing. One vision of tomorrow’s college: Cheap, tailored to you, and you get a real education, not a degree 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

There are essentially two ways of looking at the film: 1. The Matrix at 20: how the sci-fi game-changer remains a talking point 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

“For a lot of people, that is essentially synonymous with what wine is,” he said. Fred Franzia, 79, Dies; Upended Wine Industry With Two-Buck Chuck 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z

For nearly a decade, they essentially disappeared from public view. Three years and 60 accusers later, Bill Cosby’s trial begins. But only one woman will decide his fate. 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

Cinerama succumbed to the sheer challenge it took just to screen; now, there are only three screens left in the world, serving essentially as museum pieces. “The Dark Knight” turns 10: How Christopher Nolan launched an epic battle to make Imax blockb... 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

As questions about the book’s veracity increased, Frey and his publisher insisted the story was essentially true. Review | James Frey’s ‘Katerina’ is a million little pieces of narcissism and may be the worst novel of the year 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

Whether the issue is Russian election interference, metastasizing fraudulent news or incitements to genocide in Myanmar, the company essentially hews to the same talking points: Facebook’s mission to connect the world is well-intentioned. ‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ Offers a Front-Row Seat on Voracious Ambition 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

“We were essentially a casting trend and then it all ended,” Ms. Edmonds said. ‘We Fascinated Them’: Shailah Edmonds on a Golden Era of Black Models 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

So American republicans like Madison and Jefferson, even though they were slave holders, essentially did have genuine republican values – this vision of a society of independent freeholders. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z

Since Buddhism values all forms of life, our guide explained, not all of the graves belonged to human beings; the writing on one of them translated essentially to “R.I.P. Ants.” Seeking Solitude in Japan’s Mountain Monasteries 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

Pennebaker’s 1967 documentary Don’t Look Back — in which Dylan flashes bits of the song’s lyrics while Allen Ginsberg skulks around behind him — is essentially an early form of the music video. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

The requirement, which essentially guaranteed a bland skyline packed with flat-topped towers, was finally scrapped; just before the official change the Wilshire Grand was granted a variance allowing its sloping crown. Ride the US Bank Tower's glass Skyslide with 70 floors of nothingness below you 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Some restaurants invested in the nicer models of patio umbrella, and some spent more money on tropical plants, but essentially one outdoor setup looked a lot like the next. At New York Restaurants, It’s the Season of the Yurt 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

The museum is essentially an art installation forged by a single creative spirit who might just be a genius. The Weird, Mystic Pull of Southwest England 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z

He did just that and began writing the long-in-the-works Perry Mason project, which some suggested would essentially be True Detective season three. True Detective season three: what HBO needs to fix to do the show justice 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

That everyone is essentially buying the same thing pushes up prices, reinforcing the sense that doing so is a good investment. ‘What Next?’ an Uncertain Art World Asks, Sticking to Proven Brands 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

The rally, organized by the orchestra and chorus unions, was intended to denounce the move and efforts to turn the orchestra and chorus into essentially freelance outfits. City Opera Director Defends New Season 2011-07-12T23:00:30Z

“Mobile dating apps essentially hook you up to a central network.” Mobile dating apps spur HIV epidemic among Asia’s teenagers, says UN 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

We'll just conveniently forget the fact that last week Sookie was pleading with her ex to essentially take a hit out on him; now she's going to invite him into her house. "True Blood" recap: Good Eric, bad Bill 2011-07-11T05:01:00Z

But Rattle's overly brash approach, occasionally bordering on the strident, robbed Rachmaninov's dark-hued visions of some of their essentially enigmatic ambiguity. JLCO/LSO/Rattle – review 2012-07-27T20:30:01Z

“They essentially withhold information, are often heteronormative, and can be stigmatising for young people.” ‘If you’re going to watch porn, know it’s not real’: meet Britain's sex-positive influencers 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, essentially function as tunnels under the aforementioned firewall, connecting to a private network in a country with more internet freedom, like the United States or Japan. How to Travel to (and Around) China, From VPNs to T.P. 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Three times in the last five years, the best picture Oscar has gone to films — “The Artist,” “The King’s Speech,” and “Slumdog Millionaire” — that were essentially born abroad. Daniel Brühl’s Global Accent in ‘Fifth Estate’ and ‘Rush’ 2013-08-28T21:48:14Z

In both cases, the reader is introduced to a bright and loving child who is, essentially, being tortured to death. Stephen King Reviews Emma Donoghue’s Latest Novel 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

In fact, Maya's politics, other than her Sri Lankan ones, which are more informed, remind me of Banksy's: essentially, people with power are all corrupt and they conspire to keep the innocents down. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

Sleep stories are essentially a cross between Books on Tape and bedtime stories. In Search of Sleep, with Bob Ross 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Mr. O’Brien’s segment is essentially a follow-up to “Flying Cheap,” his full-length “Frontline” last February about the sleep-deprived, inexperienced pilots who often fly feeder routes for large airlines. Television Review: Safety First? All Signs Point to No 2011-01-17T22:31:47Z

We hired a woman and essentially minutes after accepting the job she told me she was pregnant. Motherlode Blog: Quandary Considered: Pregnant, With a Job Interview 2012-03-15T17:06:58Z

The menu, as it is in those two restaurants, is essentially Italian, but less rustic and more expensive. Legacy Records Looks for History in a Brand New Neighborhood 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

This is probably doubly true when one has a disability, like I do, and even more when they are locked down together in a house, which essentially we are. Marriage in the time of coronavirus: Sheltering in place, together, in the U.S. outbreak epicenter 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

“The play is a really personal exploration of essentially my story,” Ms. Backhaus explained, “but also an alternate reality.” This Playwright Has Been Listening to Her Mother 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z

The failure of the Arab spring was essentially a failure of governmental capacity. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

At that point, essentially landlocked, the glacier will only shrink through melting, which happens much slower than calving. Real-life “Waterworld”: The science behind rising seas 2014-03-12T12:00:00Z

Above all, this staging beautifully captures the elegiac tone of the book with its sense of the dissolving, essentially agrarian American Dream. Gatz – review 2012-06-14T06:00:06Z

Critics suggested that East Coast jazz and West Coast jazz were essentially different, but Mr. Rumsey didn’t completely buy it. Howard Rumsey, bass player who built a center of West Coast jazz, dies at 97 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

They essentially took me on as an intern. ‘Los Angeles is the globe in a small space’: author Ryan Gattis 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

Overall ticket sales were essentially flat with the same weekend last year -- a period when "Kung Fu Panda 3" bowed to $41.3 million. Box Office: "Split' Tops 'Dog's Purpose' With $26 Million 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z

The change has happened quietly, but it’s a big one: a genre that partially defined the last decade of the Internet has essentially disappeared. The Personal-Essay Boom Is Over 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Partly the goal was to make something that would essentially be reminiscent of hold music. It’s like what in Japan they call BGM, it’s background music,” he said. The Remix Grammy: For the Art and Science of the Musical Cocktail 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

MTV essentially ditched the music video model, letting songs shine in their original shows instead. “Diddy” Is Making A CNN For Music Videos 2013-09-30T20:15:42Z

It was in Germany, where he lived from 1892 to 1908, that Munch developed an international career, though by the time he arrived, his art and thinking had essentially been formed. Review: The Darkness and Light of Edvard Munch’s Work 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

I am referring to the practice of essentially pulling a movie title of proven earning power out of some studio catalogue or other and slapping it on a Broadway marquee. Perspective | ‘Pretty Woman’ is another movie-to-stage dud 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

The transitions are happening in different ways: The Jungle’s founder, Bain Boehlke, essentially handed the keys of the theater to his successor on July 1 and relocated to the Pacific Northwest. Minnesota Theaters Embrace New Leaders, and Others May Follow 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

The format was essentially the same as at Madison Square Park. Oliver Herring at a Task party at Madison Square Park 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

It is, essentially, Reed’s first CounterPunch piece come to life, with a structure nicked from Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol.” In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

There are also grumbles that by knocking Argo and Zero Dark Thirty out of contention, the Academy have essentially sewn the whole thing up for Steven Spielberg. Oscar nominations pull a surprise by showing some taste – but will it last? 2013-01-11T14:12:00Z

"It's essentially fan fiction that I happen to be getting paid for," he says. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z

One observation is irrefutable: Little Ethi­o­pia on Ninth Street NW, the block-long corridor that thrived a decade ago, is essentially toast. The 10 best Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington area 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

After driving through the town of Sarentino, the road shot uphill again and narrowed into essentially a one-lane, paved trail for about four miles. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

That those essentially German inventions were pressed to serve as a means by which to establish an “Ars Gallica,” or French art, was one of the paradoxes examined during the festival’s first weekend. Critic’s Notebook: A Bard Music Festival Weekend of Saint-Saëns 2012-08-13T21:46:15Z

Often they seem to be speaking between quotation marks; then again, the dialogue is essentially a bridge between the catchy songs and exhilarating dance passages. Review: A New ‘42nd Street’ Opens in Paris 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Its predecessor “Only Murders in the Building” pulls this off by essentially adapting the trusty cozy-murder format within a twee, New Yorker-cartoon version of reality. ‘Based on a True Story’ Review: Only Murders on the TV 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z

When that film was completed, Martin said, “I didn’t really have nostalgia for going back to the movie, essentially. I did have nostalgia for working with people.” Why Are Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short Working Together? It’s a Mystery. 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z

At that time, their favorite venue was essentially all booked up. Getting Married on 9/11: The Terrorism Discount 2011-09-09T09:00:00Z

By providing a hopeful resolution, Rush alleviates some of Carver's despair, but this is still the essentially melancholy story of a man cast from suburban comforts into a position of sudden, very public humiliation. Everything Must Go: Will Ferrell, at Home in Carver Country 2011-05-12T09:10:00Z

Because the orchestra was fed through a patchwork of microphones, patrons were essentially hearing the music through a sound system, particularly back on the lawn. The National Symphony Orchestra performs ‘Fantasia’ at Wolf Trap

Bay seems to have an obsession with towering, alien robots walking the earth, battling each other to catastrophic ends in, essentially, plain sight. The new “Transformers” trailer shows us Optimus Prime’s face — and I wish it didn’t 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

“We had essentially fallen in love,” he said. Two Actors Find the Perfect Parts in Love 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

We lived in the countryside with one car, so my mother was essentially homebound. In defense of Solitaire, the “perfect game”: Mindfulness, video games and the importance of downtime 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

They essentially gave up the hope for a life of full-on exploration and instead put an emphasis on family and community, and the parameters that keep one there. Etan Cohen, director of 'Get Hard,' is used to confounding expectations 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

My overwhelming impression was that they required quite a few pots, pans, and bowls between the steaming and the tossing and the baking, and the result was essentially just a good, crispy baked potato. The absolute best way to cook french fries, according to so many tests 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

“Donna Lee,” which closed the set, was more thoroughly scrambled, essentially cubist in its relationship to the theme. Music Review: Where Hearing the Parts Whirl Is the Point 2011-08-19T21:33:35Z

In an early number in this new musical from Rep Stage, the divas regale a New York nightclub, tossing off verses that, essentially, advise the clientele against romanticism. Review | The drag queens carry the show in a methodical ‘Dorian’s Closet’ 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

In the Season 13 finale of “The Bachelorette” Rachel Lindsay was essentially dumped by her chosen prince. What’s on TV Monday: ‘John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z

Also telling is the opening picture from her 777 Tour, in 2012, in which she essentially kidnapped a planeful of journalists and flew around the world for seven concerts in seven nights. Is Rihanna’s ‘Visual Autobiography’ a Triumph or a Tease? 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

All of it's imbalanced in the direction of sounding accomplished but being essentially meaningless, so it falls apart if you're trying to have a deep listening experience, though remains notable for ambition and scope. Album review: "Seattlecalifragilisticextrahelladope" by State of the Artist 2010-05-24T21:52:00Z

They are essentially responsible for the electronic nature of music today, and there is no telling where we’d be without the work they did. 10 Acts That Have Been Snubbed By The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

It contributes to the insidious notion, promulgated by Peggy Noonan and other conservatives, that Trump’s rhetoric is embarrassing but essentially benign. Perspective | Liberal satire is getting dangerously lazy in the Trump era 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Now, in The Machine, he turns an essentially static, six-match chess series, staged in New York in 1997, into lively theatre by dwelling on the obsessive nature of the participants. The Machine/The Masque of Anarchy – review 2013-07-14T15:30:00Z

Actually, Liberace cuts two extended passages, places where sections of the music are essentially repeated. Critic’s Notebook: Liberace Examined, as a Piano Player 2013-05-27T21:40:53Z

The primaries barely existed in 1960, and Nixon was essentially the designated heir that year. Richard Nixon would be “drummed out” of GOP today as a liberal: “He passed as much social welfare legislation as Lyndon Johnson” 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

What it essentially communicates is that— in all significant ways—“my life is markedly tidier than it is for the vast majority of womankind.” The “hot mess” humblebrag: Successful white women still love to pretend their lives are in shambles 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

Radio-Info.com's TRI Newsletter said Premiere has circulated a list of 98 advertisers who want to avoid "environments likely to stir negative sentiments," essentially all politically pointed talk shows. Radio campaign next step against Rush Limbaugh 2012-03-22T11:55:12Z

This is essentially a contemporary version of the Nazis' "Lügenpresse" campaign. When a cartoonist becomes a hero: Rob Rogers on losing his job for making fun of Donald Trump 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

And by saving its shocking Rachel twist for its final minutes, "Sweet Girl" essentially renders the twist meaningless. The shock twist in “Sweet Girl” subverts the typical masculine revenge thriller — with a catch 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z

It even publishes what it calls the blueprints to the games online at nbc.com/minute-to-win-it, essentially grooming future contestants. NBC?s ?Minute to Win It? Urges: Try It at Home 2010-07-19T22:30:00Z

Featuring songs from AATJ's first four albums set to orchestral arrangements – played for this London premiere by the Britten Sinfonia – it's essentially a greatest-hits set elevated to high art, a celebration of all things Antony. Antony and the Johnsons – review 2013-07-26T14:24:47Z

Together, they worked tirelessly in essentially forging a template for what’s now called Americana music — rootsy sounds with elements of folk, country, gospel, R&B and other strains. Bob Dylan's 'Basement Tapes' release covers multiple formats 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

For someone who is born blind, with no visual imagery at all, reading is essentially a tactile experience, through the raised print of Braille. Reading the Fine Print 2012-12-14T05:00:00Z

In his own happy statement about the proposed merger, Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp suggests that the union was essentially fated in the stars. Perspective | Penguin Random House is buying Simon & Schuster. That’s bad for readers. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

In an age of sampling, digitization and outsourcing, New York’s soundtrack and advertising-jingle recording industry has essentially collapsed. Freelance Musicians Hear Mournful Coda as the Jobs Dry Up 2010-12-05T00:17:00Z

A timely companion to the lauded The King's Speech – a fine movie, but essentially a Richard Curtis version of history. A History of Ancient Britain 2011-02-23T07:59:01Z

You essentially want to cook them until the water has been released and evaporated or reduced, at which point the mushroom flavor should be doubly concentrated and the 'shrooms should begin to brown. 3 biggest mistakes to avoid when cooking mushrooms 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z

But A24 essentially threw a sheet over the names, cut out two holes and said, “The strangeness is more important.” Ghost shops and farting corpses: How viral conceits became Trojan horses for brilliant dramas 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

Ms. Farley and Ms. Polizzi are not noticeably different people when the cameras are off, essentially guileless and as baffled by their fame as everyone else seems to be. Stars of MTV’s ‘Snooki & JWoww’ Enjoy the Attention 2012-06-27T12:00:00Z

And they represent such sudden shifts in tone and storyline that Johnson essentially risks the flow of his film on this one eerie character, capable of crunching corpses with a single thought. Looper Debrief: Come for the Time Travel, Stay for the Creepy (Brilliant) Devil Boy 2012-10-01T12:00:36Z

The sessions were essentially mini festivals in local 'living' spaces' – a living room, a roof terrace, a back garden. Young, early, emerging: Laura Ratling and Kevin Fisher, Big Noise founders 2013-07-04T16:04:00Z

Your first two books —  “Audiotopia” and “You Shall Know Us By the Trail of Our Vinyl” — were essentially about music, but then you went from music to food. Josh Kun, new MacArthur fellow: We use food and music to draw boundaries, but also cross them 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

David Attenborough avoided clumsy anthropomorphism or the tendency to attribute morality or consciousness to creatures such as Franzi and I, who are essentially automatons driven by need and instinct. What does the insect community make of ITV's celebrity freak show? 2012-11-25T00:05:45Z

In this version, which is essentially a dressed-up concert, some of those stitches have been dropped — perhaps not surprisingly — and the result is probably less dynamic and more unsatisfying. ‘Ghost Brothers of Darkland County,’ From Stephen King and John Mellencamp 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Heard also revealed that the audio recordings where she admitted to "hitting" and abusing Depp were edited and essentially, not evidence of what was actually taking place behind closed doors. Enduring love and fear: 5 surprising takeaways from Amber Heard's "Today" show interview 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Comparing the two movies makes for a fascinating case study in how directors can take divergent approaches to essentially the same assignment. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

Perhaps the similarities are merely coincidental, but the most important scene in Five Easy Pieces plays out in essentially the same way. Five Easy Pieces at 50: a troubling yet thrilling arrival of a new leading man 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

When the group begins to splinter, RZA tells Divine to let everyone out of their contracts, essentially collapsing the company. Review: A Wu-Tang Clan Documentary Captures the Group’s Wild Self-Invention 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z

My personal feeling is that while Cave’s artistic fingerprints are all over this movie, his influence over it is essentially indirect or at a distance. Nick Cave’s dark, strange and sometimes hilarious odyssey 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Shurna scored 21 points but was essentially invisible in overtime, making one free throw. Northwestern loses to Minnesota in Big Ten 2012-03-09T00:46:00Z

The scene is meant as a chaser of racial harmony after what is essentially two hours of high-proof bigotry and recrimination. The Unreality of Racial Justice Cinema 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

“The Clasp” is essentially a love triangle and a comedy of errors, but it’s a tribute to another form of art that’s not in the novel — the short story. Sloane Crosley on book trailers, book clubs and her new novel, ‘The Clasp’ 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

The problem essentially, at this point at least, is that Noah’s version seems ludicrous and Alison’s seems true. 'The Affair' Recap: When 'She Said' Is More Believable Than 'He Said' 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

The pratfalls and silly walks that Lewis devised to delight us, year after year and movie after movie, resulted in back injuries—not to mention addiction to painkillers—that essentially led to lifelong pain. Comedic Legend Jerry Lewis Dead at 91 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

If Suliman is fascinating, Shihabi is even more so, especially when her storyline essentially transforms her from silent, disapproving accessory to woman in peril. Smart Watch: “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Ava DuVernay’s “August 28″ and more top TV thi... 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

So they’ve spent 20 or 30 years essentially engaged in a fairly nonpartisan project, because what most state governors and state legislators do is simply fund infrastructure and promote business investment within their state. The Queen 2012-06-11T11:00:00Z

In articulating the flip side of a premise that is essentially flattering to the gloomy and even the unhinged, Dr. Ghaemi demonstrates remarkable powers of condescension toward his designated dullards. Books of The Times: What Befits a Leader in Hard Times? An Intimate Knowledge of Insanity 2011-08-10T21:05:51Z

It’s not like everyone grows up and dreams of working two essentially meaningless part-time jobs while collecting food stamps. ‘Poor people don’t plan long-term. We’ll just get our hearts broken’ 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Its themes are essentially apolitical: suspicion of law enforcement, disdain for any rush to judgment by the media, scrutiny of legal overreach, and skepticism of the power of authorities to coax confessions from fearful suspects. The Unintentional Politics of Clint Eastwood’s “Richard Jewell” 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Radical Empathy essentially matches property owners who want to use their buildings to make a statement and muralists. Want a Black Lives Matter mural on your downtown office building? Call this guy. 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk was, again, essentially a story about not killing and not getting killed. 1917: why 'pacifist war movies' are on the march 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

“We essentially spent a whirlwind two weeks together,” he said, during which he saw her play twice, and described their state of mind as “magical romanceland.” A Scripted Ceremony Takes Center Stage 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

He pursued engineering first, becoming an artist in 1967 — and he has essentially applied the technique of centripetal force in endless variations for more than five decades in his sculpture practice. The Artist Who Throws Newton a Curve 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

“And security was put in a position to be the prison guards essentially.” The Surveillance Apparatus That Surrounded Britney Spears 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

It's a guacamole, essentially—but it's a guacamole I'm scared to call a guacamole. This 5-minute avocado “salsa” saves almost every dinner I make 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

“If I don’t put them in some kind of public database, these works essentially disappear from the planet,” he said. Art Disappears in Private Hands. Can Social Media Resurface It? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z

And, it can stimulate creative solutions to the problem of how to make what is essentially old culture interestingly new, which is what the surviving members of Nirvana did. Popcast: The Rock Hall's New Class and the Revenge of Kiss 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Is it possible to believe it is essentially a feminist garment? Feminism in the Playground of Dior and Saint Laurent 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

For decades under the Graham family, The Post had defined itself as an essentially regional newspaper that happened to be in a very consequential city. Marty Baron, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump and the eight years that reshaped The Washington Post — and journalism 2021-02-27T05:00:00Z

“Star Trek” is essentially “The Office” in space: an endless workplace comedy with bittersweet moments and secondary characters who spring vividly out of the background. Movie Review: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ Directed by J. J. Abrams 2013-05-15T17:31:02Z

But many journalists are especially disturbed by One America’s selection as — essentially — the audit’s official broadcaster. One America News is the face of the Arizona election audit. Its reporter is also helping pay for it. 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

The southeastern German state now manages 45 palaces, including the wedding-cake piles of King Ludwig II, who essentially abandoned his royal duties to build some of Europe’s most ornate castles. 5 Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

Do you think that weakening the ties between those industries would essentially solve the problem of overuse of medication? ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Gary Greenberg Talks About 'The Book of Woe' 2013-05-29T17:00:01Z

To this day, Jesse insists she was in poor shape, and that she had essentially been stapled to a flat and wheeled around while waving. My Mademoiselle Summer 2013-07-19T20:55:07Z

In a parallel, Susanna says essentially the same thing to Luisa about Rose, rebuffing her kiss as well. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Season 2, Episode 11: Teacher Crush 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

The company just announced it has “disabled comments from tens of millions of videos that could be subject to predatory behavior,” meaning, essentially, videos portraying children. Momo Is as Real as We’ve Made Her 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

The action revolves around the practicalities of the journey, but those practicalities prove to be essentially political. Review: The Coen Brothers “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” Is Six Giddy, Cruel Twists on the Western 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

This is the fourth year that the network essentially shuts down its regular programming for two full months to devote itself to the genre. Holidays become a cable TV industry 2012-11-15T19:25:08Z

A young girl explains the Platt Amendment, through which the United States, after Spain’s defeat, essentially granted itself permission to intervene in Cuban affairs. ‘Epicentro’ Review: They Are Cuba 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

But by the time of “New Documents,” Mr. Frank was essentially finished with straight photography. Robert Frank Revealed the Truth of Postwar America 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

For the past several months, I've tried to do the same thing — essentially constructing a smell map of my community. How a quest to sharpen my sense of smell made me a more grateful cook 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z

Not everything works: the Mouse and his Child are essentially passive heroes, the scenario is episodic and the storytelling needs tightening to render the the synopsis in the programme unnecessary. The Mouse and His Child – review 2012-11-30T12:38:56Z

He essentially claims he's the painter of the portraits, and for years the world believes him. Lana Del Rey talks about her Globe-nominated 'Big Eyes' title track 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

“That it’s essentially a conversation within an African community,” the playwright said. Can a 108-year-old opera — by Scott Joplin — be made to sing for today? 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

The seating and service on Mint Caribbean flights will essentially be the same as that on the transcontinental flights. JetBlue Mint to Travel to Caribbean in High-Flying Style 2015-03-15T04:00:00Z

Or, to put it another way: Democrats and Republicans are essentially foreign exchange students in one another’s homelands. When even Frosted Flakes are political, where does that leave us as a country? 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

We witness essentially the same events — often even the same details and dialogue — but no longer as described by the young, impressionable vet who happens to rent a “small eye-sore” next to Gatsby’s mansion. Review | Nghi Vo’s demonic adaptation of ‘The Great Gatsby’ might be — gasp — jazzier than the original 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z

The concert essentially marks the end of the film and of the original version of the band. Oasis and the Fading Dream of the Nineties 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

The fear is essentially anyone who was not born with one functioning ding-dong with which to rule the world, planting seeds hither and yon. “The Exorcist” celebrates 50 years of man’s greatest fear . . . girls 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z

And that is essentially what's denying younger people opportunities and opening the door to private equity groups to come in and make an offer that is too good to say no to. Untangling catch shares with Lee van der Voo 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

The old-style model of aristocratic patronage, in which artists directly served wealthy clients, was yielding to the system that is essentially still in place today. ‘Filthy Lucre’ and the complicated relationship between artist and buyer 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

“My mother essentially said, ‘It’s the Rauschenberg or me,’” she recalled. Dagny Corcoran, Bookseller and Fixture of the L.A. Art Scene, Dies at 77 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

I think that people don’t realize that essentially what comedy is focusing on is the negative. Drag Queens Reflect (Grrr) on the Christmas Season 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Her hire makes Tomlinson the only woman hosting a late-night show on broadcast television, essentially filling the job left vacant by James Corden when he retired from hosting “The Late Late Show” in the spring. Taylor Tomlinson to host "After Midnight," taking the slot following Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z

The production, by the director Bartlett Sher, his seventh for the Met, updates the setting from Renaissance to 18th-century Verona, presenting an essentially traditional staging with some surreal touches that seem a little forced. Review: Diana Damrau and Vittorio Grigolo Sizzle in ‘Roméo et Juliette’ at the Met 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

Mr. Brook, one of the great forces in world theater since the 1950s, is back to tell what is essentially the same story, or at least an epilogue to it. Review: ‘Battlefield’ Explores the Silence After the War 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

A technician set the thermostat and explained that as we drove, the propane tanks would essentially preheat our living quarters. For convenience-minded road-trippers, the Airstream mystique in a smaller package 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

Yet scholarship has essentially debunked the popular interpretation of Symphony No. 10, and its savage second movement in particular, as a musical summation of the brutal Stalinist era. CD reviews: Two lyrical recordings of classic 20th-century scores 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

The idea of investing in a character who isn’t essentially evil or bad seems oldfangled, even quaint. “Love” and the Rise of the Bigendered Sitcom 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

The actors were essentially reading letters to the audience, but that literary conceit still felt dramatic. Arts: San Francisco Bay Area Is a Proving Ground for Musicals 2010-04-10T00:39:00Z

They planted date palms and fabricated an identity that was essentially a caricature of the Middle East, complete with genie costumes and Bedouin tents, to draw tourists. Wildfires, Secrets and Struggles in a Hidden California 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

To protect against the incessant salty wind, the vines are trained low over what is essentially beach sand. Wines That Resound in Memory 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

This is, essentially, a visual narrative of McCullin's life on the front lines in Belfast, Beirut, Biafra, Vietnam, Palestine and El Salvador. Photography books of the year 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

But I'd rather On the Tune were a reflection of my developing interests and musical tastes, and so that's essentially what it is. Blog jam: On the Tune 2012-05-24T13:08:00Z

In the “before” photographs, these women already meet an essentially impossible ideal. The Ever-Escalating Demands of the Beauty Industry, and the World’s First Gym for Your Face 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

There are aluminum ladders and short bridges stretched over the most treacherous bits, and long spans of boardwalk covered in steel mesh to get through what is essentially a high-altitude marsh. Why Hiking Beats Surfing on Réunion Island (Hint: Sharks!) 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

As the sheer range of movies and shows offered by different streaming services changes, Netflix has proven itself ahead of the curve in appealing to a teenage audience, and essentially resurrecting the teen movie. Teenage stream: how Netflix resurrected the high school movie 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Craig Tuck, a lawyer for Mr. Rudd, said on Tuesday that “this matter essentially revolved around an angry phone call, that was it.” Phil Rudd, AC/DC Drummer, Pleads Guilty to Threatening Murder and Having Drugs 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Online outrage and discourse specifically stemmed from one of the screenshots that detailed a "boundaries list" that Hill allegedly sent Brady for her to follow, which is essentially a list of his deal breakers: Jonah Hill's brand of soft boy misogyny is still misogyny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

“We all deserve to get made fun of. I mean, I think we’re all idiots trying not to die, essentially,” she said. Comedy’s next big star Michelle Wolf doesn’t want to make a point — she just wants to make you laugh 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

Do you think the operations run by some of the people in “Tiger King” were essentially cults? Animals, Sex and Guns? Eric Goode Knew ‘Tiger King’ Had Potential 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z

Prior to "Pet Sounds," the Beach Boys were essentially a boy band with soaring vocals and an impressive hit parade. New Dolby mix of Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" takes its luminous vocals to soaring heights 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

Neo-Classicists like Piston wrote works that essentially hewed to tonal harmony, put a premium on textural clarity and utilized traditional forms. Harold Shapero, 93, American Neo-Classical Composer, Dies 2013-05-22T03:58:50Z

This is essentially an upmarket food hall, in a lavish palace. Lisbon city guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

It was a gamble, and, essentially, they were betting against the house. The Cost of Defying the President 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z

For Matt and Sweat, being on the outside essentially boiled down to coming up with ways to get back inside. Matt and Sweat’s Prisoner’s Dilemma 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

“I’m a director,” she said, “so I’m essentially controlling.” Three Young Actors Bring ‘This Is Our Youth’ to Broadway 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z

It’s just two people and a camera, essentially. How a $15,000 Movie Rallied a New Generation of Black Auteurs 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

She was the daughter of the man who ran the Plaza Hotel and, though present at my baptism and the Palm Court reception that followed, she essentially vanished soon afterward. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z

The film is essentially the story of a death foretold, with Dominique continuing his anti-corruption broadcasts in the face of threats. Jonathan Demme, who directed ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘Philadelphia,’ dies at 73 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

Residencies are essentially like a tour, minus the grueling travel schedule. Yes, Jennifer Lopez Should Do a Las Vegas Residency 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

“It also just kind of felt like a party, like, the scene where we were outside and essentially, like, at a rock concert felt just like that.” In a punk ‘Cruella,’ dogs play second fiddle to the designs 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z

And it is not just choristers: Soloists, including some of opera’s biggest names, are essentially freelancers, and they are struggling without work or pay. The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Fall Performances 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

While Anderson portrayed Benny’s valet for more than 25 years in radio, film and television, and there were elements of racial humor employed at times in their jokes, they were essentially treated as intellectual equals. Letters: A More Complicated View 2010-02-26T15:33:00Z

But he said he believed the way novelists work -- in solitude and from the imagination -- would remain essentially unchanged. Author Toibin sees novel surviving new technology 2010-04-20T22:32:00Z

The Columbia investigation essentially confirms the earlier criticism and adds new details about the story’s gestation and development, offered by the magazine’s journalists, who have generally remained silent since the story’s flaws were exposed. Rolling Stone retracts discredited U-Va. rape story 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

But he was essentially an observer as his cousin and songwriting partner, Mike Love, ran the show, flanked by three early band members: guitarists Al Jardine and David Marks, and keyboardist Bruce Johnston. Beach Boys mix nostalgia, surf, melancholy at Chicago Theatre 2012-05-22T06:54:00Z

With "Glee," Murphy also essentially created a novel TV format mixing music with drama/comedy. Alda, Lear honored at 40th International Emmys 2012-11-20T03:18:08Z

Week 1422 was essentially an APB for book, movie and song puns; the contest asked for them to be “collaborations” resulting in the tweaked name. Style Invitational Week 1426: Mess with our heads 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

To read “The Most Dangerous Book,” you would never guess that “Ulysses” is essentially comic. Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and obscenity viewed in page-turner style

And I don’t appreciate messages that seem to build women up while essentially telling them that nothing they can achieve in life matters more than having babies. Motherhood isn’t the “world’s toughest job” 2014-04-15T14:12:00Z

He is essentially a fan turned participant – the Bake Off equivalent of Brian Belo – and will leave such a trail of bedlam behind him that he’ll be voted off as early as is humanly possible. Meet the 2020 Bake Off contestants: can a baker's star rise in a bubble? 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Neil Portnow, who began his post in 2002 and was president at the time, was asked about the lack of female winners and responded with words that essentially ended his run at the academy. 2 years after ‘step up,’ Grammys step into another mess 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z

In fact, for much of the nineteenth century, as in ancient societies, American wives were essentially the property of their husbands, with only slightly greater rights than beasts of burden. “The rape-your-wife privilege”: The horrifying modern legal history of marital rape 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

While not technically true — his family members like him, presumably, and his approval rating among Texas Republicans last month was 76 percent — it feels essentially true. Texas is freezing, but the roast of Ted Cruz is on 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

But before either the gratitude or the barbs, there was simply puzzlement over the identity of a woman who had essentially walked in off the street with a sackful of cash. Megan Ellison, the most powerful new force in Hollywood 2013-02-18T19:56:34Z

He is, however, essentially writing off the “matures,” those older than baby boomers who favor generic wines of no distinction other than their alcoholic potency. U.S. wine’s worries for 2017: Who’s picking the grapes, who’s buying 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

He was sweating profusely, his face turned a purplish colour – he was essentially having an anxiety attack in front of 48,544 people, plus a TV audience. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z

That essentially comes to down to a question of balance. Line of Duty: series one, episode five 2012-07-24T21:00:00Z

By way of explanation, Mr. Smith has essentially said he is human and he is sorry. Carnegie Hall Stands By Its Chairman, Despite Tax Violations 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

They capture the culture of an essentially Southern agrarian community passing into history, a place where tobacco farmers and oystermen have given way to commuters and suburban tract housing. An artist captures the ‘ghost voices’ of abandoned houses 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

“They’re isolated and their entire lives are spent with their phones, essentially, and however they communicate with people on their phones.” Rush Limbaugh: Millennials think “Game of Thrones” is real! 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

“It’s a black box play, essentially,” Ruben said of his film, now on Shudder. Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

As this group of outsiders saw it, GameStop had been targeted by hedge funds for short investments, essentially making it a stock that earned established investors money if the business went bankrupt. ‘Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets’ Review: Is This Loss? 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z

What that essentially means is that the mountain seemingly pops up from out of nowhere. Leaving Las Vegas for Natural Beauty and More 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Alabama has been trying to redistrict to get rid of the Black vote, essentially. "Deadlocked" director Dawn Porter: "This very radical conservative Supreme Court is not an accident" 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z

This is the music that, essentially, became Americana, that rich, mercurial gathering of folk, country, gospel, bluegrass and r'n'b. The showman must go on 2011-01-30T00:03:02Z

And then as the hearing went on and I found out more and more, I realized she is essentially his chief of staff.” Cassidy Hutchinson and the all-knowing presence of Washington’s aides 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

So it’s essentially a silent movie when it comes to his performance, except for all this voice-over.” Making a Murderer, David Fincher Style 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z

The music is just as brutish and bruised; occasionally Rihanna shows up essentially unaccompanied, but most of her songs are built tough and layered. Critic's Notebook: Rihanna’s Album ‘Unapologetic’ Makes Most of Her Talent 2012-11-20T18:20:20Z

“The Complete Orsinia ” gathers all her essentially realistic fiction set in that imaginary Central European country. At 86, Ursula K. Le Guin is finally getting the recognition she deserves — almost 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

In the same vein as the Grimace Shake and Pink Sauce, Jones Soda’s Turkey and Gravy soda is essentially a shock-treat that piques people’s curiosity and appeals to their desire for the unexpected. From Jones Soda to stuffing-seasoned popcorn, why are there so many Thanksgiving-themed snack foods? 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z

While the former has proven essentially infallible in the biz, "Homecoming" serves as a redemption narrative for the latter. Box Office: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Slings to Massive $117 Million Domestic Opening 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

Seated behind a mountain of brochures in her downtown office, Chelsea Harrison, the executive director of the county’s chamber of commerce, told me that locals had essentially done just that. After Oregon Standoff, Birding Is Back 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

I think it's inevitable that publishers who are essentially purveyors are going to package the product in a way that reaches an optimal marketplace. Marian Keyes: 'I thought I'd never be able to write again' 2013-04-21T08:00:17Z

Willy is white; Troy is an African-American, enraged at an oppressive system that essentially barred blacks from competing in major league sports until the 1940s and ’50s. August Wilson and the long awaited triumph of “Fences” 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z

You have essentially put up a digital flyer in the town square, sending your pals a form letter over the internet. If You Love Me, Why Won’t You GoFundMe? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

This quote, naturally, has been circulating among conservatives on Twitter as proof that liberals are hypocritical, and that Coates and Pence are essentially the same. Mike Pence’s Marriage and the Beliefs That Keep Women from Power 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

Relations remain good among the surviving Pythons, who got back together in the summer of 2014 for a set of live performances at London’s O2 Arena that were essentially the group’s last hurrah. Nobody Expects Michael Palin: A Comic Actor in a Dramatic Role 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

For his set, which was essentially one long, mostly improvised composition, Mr. Lopatin primarily played a synthesizer routed through a sea of effects pedals, holding fatty notes until they bent or became distended. Music Review: Floating and Bobbing in an Oceanic Swell of Sound 2010-08-30T21:58:00Z

Soda companies spend billions on marketing; it is a tribute to the admen that Coca-Cola is one of the world’s best-loved brands, despite selling what is essentially fattening sugar-water. Popped 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

It’s been obvious for a long time, of course, that Trump has essentially no respect for women whatsoever. Donald Trump’s Unconscious, Unending Sexism 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

Léger’s multifaceted approach to Loden’s life and work is itself organized around a powerful magnetic field of her own ideas and passions—her recognition of “Wanda” as an essentially feminist masterwork. Barbara Loden: “A Woman Telling Her Own Story Through That of Another Woman” 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

This essentially means that Louis Walsh is enjoying more power than ever before and, if something isn't done soon, we could end up with a live show full of Jedwards. Cheryl Cole's malaria leaves a big hole in The X Factor ? who can fill it? 2010-07-06T09:48:00Z

It was essentially an answer to the question “What if Instagram were a TV show?” Busy Philipps’s Week: Coffee, ‘Little Women’ and Keeping It Together 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

Others are essentially community cookbooks that are untested or barely tested. Cookbooks answer: What would Tony Soprano eat? 2012-03-07T00:01:06Z

Often, the results are charming, essentially harmless, mildly distracting, a visual and sonic goof. The Playlist: Ariana Grande Shows Her Heart, and 8 More New Songs 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

The “Decker” web-series episodes were often only three minutes or so, which was about right for what is essentially a one-joke show. Low-Budget Highlights After Midnight: ‘Decker’ and ‘Brule’ 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z

“Buried Child,” “The Late Henry Moss” and “The Tooth of Crime” are all essentially Oedipal tales, infused with a poisonous paternal legacy and lots of testosterone. Theater Review: Sam Shepard’s ‘Heartless’ Opens, With Lois Smith 2012-08-28T02:00:00Z

This is essentially what Mr. Fay does, adding a bit of Christian mysticism, to the tune of folk-rock, hymns, and canons. Review: Bill Fay’s ‘Who Is the Sender?’ Harks Back to Another Time 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

She has one wonderful, crushing scene with Craig, when Robert essentially shames his wife into a confession; cowering and crying out, Weisz conveys despair, rather than just projecting it. Press views: Weisz and Craig in Betrayal 2013-11-04T11:37:56Z

The museum's current approach, which included unveiling Zumthor's initial design in an exhibition last year, essentially means that the project will grow up in public, or fail in public. In reshaping LACMA, Michael Govan sets his sights on a new L.A. 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z

“We essentially created an experience that we would have absolutely loved,” he said. Brand Camp for Kids 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

The Stones were in the same condition as the culture, having come to realize, despite all their hit records and sold-out shows, that they were essentially broke. Secrets of the “Exile” sessions: Drugs, sex and madness as the Rolling Stones took over France 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

It’s all so new that everything on display is essentially an experiment in one thing or another. Virtual Reality Movies Add Dimension to Tribeca Festival 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

So by having a rule that essentially lets them kick out any male student who is the subject of a complaint, schools are conveniently insulated from liability. Some Rules About Consent Are 'Unfair to Male Students' 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Where “Outlander” is almost baroque in its production and appeal, “The Girlfriend Experience” is a spare, indie affair of a modern, almost featureless Chicago—essentially trading one much-romanticized setting for another. Erotic and empowered: “Outlander” and “The Girlfriend Experience” are turning women on with their “prestige porn” 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

In this season finale, Zoey hears a dark tune in her head, essentially a warning of things to come, and tries to prevent a terrible incident. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Billions’ and ‘Westworld’ 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s either down home, get down, finger-licking food, you know, or it is essentially branding every person who is an African American — everything they cook is soul food.” Carla Hall is ‘the most visible black person in food.’ Now she wants to take soul food mainstream. 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The old gallery building is, essentially, a single fine room, top lit, rectangular and much liked by artists, with one of the biggest uninterrupted walls for the display of art in London. Beautiful south 2010-06-19T23:05:00Z

I do remember him being narrow-minded about composers who stuck essentially to tonal harmonic languages — let alone to Minimalism, which he could not abide. When Boston Ruled the Music World 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

One episode shows how Hasbro essentially tipped a pile of Japanese toys on to a writer’s desk and ordered him to create the entire Transformers mythology in a weekend. The Toys That Made Us: Netflix's show will make you rethink your childhood 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

“However I’m in a really good position where gas is, essentially, my rent. My backyard is anywhere I want.” When #Vanlife Meets the $300 Tank 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

Visiting Derek in St. Lucia was enlightening and uncomfortable, I think, because while he was “home” he was, like most writers, essentially a loner. Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

To me, the band argued that art is essentially mental, that it depends on creative ideas and procedural decision-making for its merit, and I thought about that off and on for the whole evening. Concert review: Deck the Hall Ball 2010 2010-12-09T20:57:00Z

Gloria Swanson, Dorothy Malone, Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson glow from the walls at Gavlak, but the people are finally just props – essentially interchangeable with three similarly large paintings of popping flashbulbs and movie lights. In Judith Eisler's work, light trumps star power 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

To suggest that "True Grit" is a commentary about race and the social role of women and the relationship between self-reliance and community in American history is essentially to insult the Coens' intelligence, and yours. "True Grit": A ferocious heroine in a classic western 2010-12-22T02:01:00Z

In the film's most bizarre scene, Kelley brings three men into the studio and essentially tells the women to do what they want with them, as if they're male props to unload on. Netflix's pole dance therapy film "Strip Down, Rise Up" exploits trauma & is fixated on male gaze 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z

Pressman tells Bill that, after some of his students contacted Rosenthal, Rosenthal himself got in touch with Pressman and “essentially said, ‘Do you know that it’s discussed worldwide?’ Kitty Genovese’s Brother Reëxamines Her Famous Murder 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

Modern buildings shed decoration as a way of wiping the historical slate clean; buildings that were explicitly interested in history were, essentially by definition, not modern. A vast Louis Kahn retrospective lands at the San Diego Museum of Art 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

Some believe it is essentially an easygoing knock-back wine, refreshing, very good with seafood, but little more than that. Your Next Lesson: Aligoté 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Ashtanga yoga is essentially the mother of vinyasa, the sweaty kind — a set series of daily poses you do abetted by a teacher “adjusting” you by, say, sitting on your back. Skin Deep: A Yoga Devotee Finds a New Guru in a Personal Trainer 2011-11-22T19:35:25Z

The pensive second movement is written in Hindemith’s trademark musical language: essentially tonal but harmonically elusive. Music Review | Riccardo Muti: Seldom-Heard Symphony Resurfaces as a Novelty 2010-03-05T21:23:00Z

By selecting an image with a signifying icon of cooled romanticism, rooted in the industrial, Victorian age, Saville essentially flattens and incorporates the historicised past into the futuristic, post-industrial Manchester of New Order. The greatest ever album covers 2012-07-06T16:00:14Z

Over-creaming can result in an oily, dense cake because the butter has essentially melted. What is caster sugar, and does it really make a difference in baking? 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

These musicians seemed utterly new at the time, though both were essentially emphasizing elements of various classical musics of Africa and India. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z

In a call from his car on Sunday, a photographer from Moscow explained why he was driving to Tbilisi, Georgia, having left his apartment and essentially his whole life behind. Russian Artists Lose the Tools of Their Trades as Companies Pull Out 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z

He said he was accused of actually murdering the actors — of, essentially, making a snuff film — and had to seek them out and produce them in public to get those charges dropped. Ruggero Deodato, Whose ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ Enraged, Dies at 83 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z

His paintings were essentially Conceptual in their skepticism about the very act of painting. Sigmar Polke, Whose Sly Works Shaped Contemporary Painting, Dies at 69 2010-06-12T02:59:00Z

Maybe it was for money and maybe it was for kicks, but it seemed like a strange but essentially harmless pastime. Unveiling the international tickle-porn conspiracy — it’s not as funny as you think 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

I persuaded myself it was, essentially, a different sport. Should you consider training more than once a day? 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

The problem is that its sense of fun is essentially parasitic. Review: ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift,’ With Ray Romano 2012-07-12T13:54:00Z

If you believe yourself to be feminist and essentially secure, then messing with the contours of your face will mess with your idea of yourself. ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of tweakment face 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

The underlying thesis – essentially that economic bad times help to explain social conservatism – ultimately convinces. TV highlights 26/03/2013 2013-03-26T07:00:02Z

Mr. Rylett, who lives in Leeds, said producing the channels was essentially his full-time job. With Hair Bows and Chores, YouTube Youth Take On Mean Girls 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

Significantly, Housman began work on them in the late 1880s — around the time Moses Jackson left London for distinguished obscurity in the Indian Civil Service — and essentially stopped after a final creative burst in 1895. The enduring allure of A.E. Housman’s poetry 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z

And I recall, in between shots, there was a moment of repose where he was sitting essentially as he is here, and it felt authentic. Kehinde Wiley on Painting Masculinity and Blackness, from President Obama to the People of Ferguson 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

His question took my breath away, and our next 18 months were essentially an extension of that first electrified moment. Modern Love: Modern Love: A Spanking Fetish Is Not Revealed Easily 2012-11-09T17:47:12Z

Trocchi essentially gave up writing after the publication of his 1960 novel “Cain’s Book,” and descended into heroin addiction, declaring himself a “cosmonaut of inner space.” For April Fool's Day, a celebrated literary hoax 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

I am essentially asking: Are your standards in line with what is really happening? A tween impervious to the stink-eye 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

Its Multiversity galleries display more than 10,000 objects crafted by aboriginal artists — essentially putting the museum’s entire holdings on view in crowded cases and pullout drawers. In Vancouver, discover University of British Columbia’s delightful attractions 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

It was essentially just down the block, and I found it in minutes. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

Architects are essentially thoughtful and structured, and we like to work in a team. Kathryn Findlay, architect – portrait of the artist 2013-04-02T14:28:56Z

Subintentional action is for O'Shaughnessy a perfect illustration of how an aspect of our minds is essentially bound up with our bodies. Brian O'Shaughnessy obituary 2010-07-14T17:13:00Z

Complementarianism is essentially a "separate but equal" doctrine of how gender works within the church. "They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

Who was she without this history, she wondered, and more essentially, "If my father wasn't my father, who was my father? If my father wasn't my father, who was I?" 23 and Not Me: As an adoptee, I'm not even remotely tempted to take a DNA test 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

While the claimed the remarks were essentially a restatement of the president’s position, it was obvious they were everything the president's stance was not: open and clear. Obama declares support for gay marriage 2012-05-09T19:36:00Z

Curating is essentially a matter of choices, the juxtaposition of work against work, artist against artist, place against place. Documenta 13: Mysteries in the mountain of mud 2012-06-11T17:53:51Z

You’re essentially on multiple job interviews every day for months, and under pressure to charm people who you’re repeatedly told hold the keys to your future. ‘Radio tour is not for the weak’: Inside the first step to country music stardom 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The Harpers are “a benevolent faction of essentially spies, who work in conjunction with good-aligned characters and places to help root out evil entities,” Daley said. A Beginner’s Guide to Dungeons & Dragons 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

But the questions essentially boil down to: What is the value of an enormous number of Facebook fans or Twitter followers? Reed Krakoff takes on the fashion world with help from D.C. fans, including Michelle Obama

Durham essentially did what any traditional sculptor does, chipping away to give specific form to an existing mass. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The bulk of the trailer essentially offers a swift run-through of all the Slender Man’s powers. Slender Man trailer: a mythical monster worth the wait? Fat chance 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

A few weeks ago, as the teens sat in the sunroom of the funky Fort Greene brownstone owned by Bassin’s parents, they talked about the experience of essentially stumbling into what’s looking like a career. New York Has a New Band of Buzzy Post-Punk Teens: Geese 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

It's essentially pie dough and a standard apple pie filling consisting of apples, butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, lemon and the like. Celebrate Dolly Parton's induction into the Roll & Roll Hall of Fame with her iconic apple pie 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

We were essentially selling the audience back their own lives. Neal Bledsoe on the love triangle of 'The Pride' and finding home onstage — and in downtown L.A. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

The constructions, when not being performed, essentially exist as a set of instructions for how to perform them. At MoMA, How Judson Blew Up the Rules of Dance 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

More damagingly, the thesis that 36 Arguments attempts to dramatise – that religious attitudes are to be found in all sorts of areas of life – is essentially trivial. 36 Arguments for the Existence of God by Rebecca Goldstein | Book review 2010-03-21T00:08:00Z

If Hay is ultimately sympathetic, it’s because, like Fields, he never quite succeeds in disguising his essentially childish nature. DVD: Will Hay and Norman Wisdom Comedies on DVD 2013-01-19T15:00:00Z

Playing The Great Paris, he essentially replaced Rollin Hand on the show, and used his history as a magician to disguise himself on missions. How to Watch Leonard Nimoy's Most Memorable Performances Online 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

A block east of that, the $1.4 billion Fulton Street Transit Center will essentially be an expensive mall and subway station rolled into one. Commuting to Disneyland 2012-07-14T16:00:00Z

Despite the obvious differences between a pugnacious politician and an idealistic minister, they were essentially on the same page, reading and voicing the same lessons of freedom and redemption for the United States. The Tragedy of 1968: What Might Have Been if King and Kennedy Had Lived 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Which I think is essentially in question for working couples. Forget the fights over housework: How couples who both work make it work 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

There are also plans for a gift shop — essentially, a row of shelves featuring merchandise he fabricates, such as dollar bills imprinted with funny sayings. Bert Rodriguez is turning his apartment into a museum — with him in it 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

"I just love the guy. I love his oil paintings. So I think, sort of as somebody that's essentially just self‑taught based on my interests, I've always gravitated to him," Lyonne said. Rian Johnson on the charisma of "Poker Face" star Natasha Lyonne in his throwback mystery series 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z

It's not essentially to do with money: if you're a kid who goes to a museum and tries to draw a peregrine falcon, that's your art world. Portrait of the artist: Douglas Gordon, artist 2010-05-17T21:20:00Z

Huston's movie is a dour well-considered biography of Toulouse-Lautrec, essentially a tragic story. French Cancan ? review 2011-08-06T23:06:02Z

One lunch consisted of chicken, rice and potatoes, while another was essentially the same ingredients but in soup form. Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon — on a cargo ship 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

For generations, Bordeaux and Burgundy have presented two rival paradigms for organizing and understanding a wine region: Bordeaux has focused on producers, essentially brand names, while Burgundy has concentrated on place, or terroir. 6 Books for Thinking, Drinking and Changing the World 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

For me the Stade is essentially perfect, a place like none other with the added benefit of good fish-and-chip shops alongside, which needs little improvement. The tragic battle for Hastings 2010-10-09T23:07:00Z

And while the movie, which opens nationally on Jan. 23, got mixed notices from the handful of critics who weighed in, she got just enough positive recognition to essentially muscle herself into the awards season. Jennifer Aniston Has Something to Prove With ‘Cake’ 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

The Incredible Hulk is essentially a comic-book update of Jekyll and Hyde. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

The Art of Cinema section breaks out into looks at, essentially, key Oscar categories: cinematic design, set design, prop design, costume and fashion design, makeup and creature design, animation and visual effects. Lucas Museum hints at details on website 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Each of these trends is essentially populist, even hearteningly democratic. Architecture review: At 9/11 Memorial Museum, a relentless literalism 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

At the time of his death Mr. Bolaño was essentially unpublished in English. Books of The Times: ‘Woes of the True Policeman,’ by Roberto Bolaño 2012-12-19T22:05:59Z

I’ve got my girls in my life with me everywhere I am, so I’m essentially always home. Brandi Carlile conquered the Grammys. Now she and The Highwomen are coming for country radio’s boys club. 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Yes, this will involve essentially transforming the orchestra and chorus members from full-time into freelance staffers, which is terrible. Critic?s Notebook: For an Opera Company, a Troubled Vision Quest 2011-07-13T11:48:19Z

With Michael, we would talk more about what I was thinking, but essentially he left me to do the best I could do. ‘Everything Crossed Over’: Michael Clark’s Cheeky World of Dance 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z

Well, it's hard to know really, given that he's essentially just being himself. TV review: Grandma's House, Inn Mates and Gears And Tears 2010-08-10T06:30:00Z

“They tried using sleight of hand to enlist prejudiced voters in an essentially progressive cause.” The Man Who Mapped the West, and the Wife Who Made Him Famous 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z

For it is essentially a depiction of what happens when white supremacy is left unchecked. The Real Threat of ‘Joker’ Is Hiding in Plain Sight 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

“My idea is, essentially, to proclaim very loudly that old music is new music,” Mr. Christie said. Les Arts Florissants Bring Opéra-Ballet Back to Life 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

But perhaps even more essentially, they are aficionados of their art. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, at 40, at the Joyce 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

“They’re essentially closed to weddings at City Hall here in Philadelphia,” Ms. Castle said. An Unexpected Move From Emergency Roommates to Soul Mates 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

I’ve also heard that Timothy Leary read this interview, or was told about it, and that his own interest in acid was essentially sparked by Cary Grant.” Cary Grant: how 100 acid trips in Tinseltown 'changed my life' 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

Where to begin with misconceptions about Islam? Light without Fire was built on the misperception that Islam is essentially violent. “Where Islam meets America”: the making of Zaytuna College 2013-04-23T18:38:00Z

Speaking of wine, it is served in what are essentially jugs, and is elemental, unremarkable stuff, meant primarily to ease the consumption of, and wash down, all the hearty food. Choice Tables: How to Eat Well in Athens 2011-01-14T19:55:00Z

They are essentially a commercial farm that just happens to be in a city. Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

Her escapist content essentially portrays a fantasy that’s both familiar yet unfamiliar all at once. Christian Girl Autumn was once a joke and has now become a seasonal inspiration of coziness 2023-10-07T04:00:00Z

In her performance, this audacious work, which essentially unfolds as a series of intricate variations on a dance in three, Ms. Kopatchinskaja viscerally conveyed the improvisational quality of the piece, lasting nearly 15 minutes. Patricia Kopatchinskaja in A Little Night Music 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

The storyline would have been essentially the same: After giving up a life of crime, Marv would have been framed for the same murder. 25 fun facts about "Home Alone" 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

"The role of these artists was essentially to construct an image of the black person that was different from the one transmitted by racist images, by stereotypes," Soutif told Reuters. Black artists' exploration of race and segregation on show in Paris 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

There had always been a needy aspect to even his most scabrous standup routines, and he was never a dangerous comic: inflammatory material was rendered essentially fireproof by those love-me eyes, that gurning grin. Robin Williams obituary 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Quite apart from the essentially private act of composition, Sergey's favourite entertainments – chess, bridge – tended to exclude her, and at social events he would be lionised while she was to some extent neglected. The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev by Simon Morrison – review 2013-03-30T08:59:01Z

“We honored her commitment to being essentially chronological, and to how she mixed tiny works on paper with big sculptures,” Ms. Umland said. Meret Oppenheim, a Rebel of Surrealist Art, Wanted the Last Word 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z

That second scenario was essentially what happened on Tuesday, when Pierre Rigal debuted his “Micro” at the Joyce Theater. Pierre Rigal Imagines a Pop Concert at the Joyce 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

It’s worth noting the essentially conservative core of an ostensibly radical movement. A Movie that Captures France’s Dystopian Employment Situation 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

And in her new movie, “Burlesque,” a glossy musical that opens nationwide on Wednesday, she essentially promises that this won’t change. Film: An Ageless Diva of a Certain Age 2010-11-19T04:13:00Z

The self-styled Festival For New Music – essentially aiming to be South By Southwest relocated from Texas to Brighton – appears to go from strength to strength. The best pop for spring 2011 2011-04-05T19:00:05Z

What this suggests is that "Judeo-Christian civilisation" is a relatively new and an essentially ideological construct. The Arabs and the Holocaust by Gilbert Achcar 2010-06-25T23:09:00Z

I wanted to look at the way government roles are essentially exaggerated personas. Photographer Kudzanai Chiurai's best shot 2011-07-10T20:45:01Z

It’s essentially an update on “American Girl,” veering between awe-struck longing for the narrator’s dream lover and biting sarcasm toward the same. Listen to 14 Essential Tom Petty Songs 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

After Unforgiven, Eastwood – essentially the genre in human form – only heightened its impact by suggesting it would be his final western, a last word on the subject. Under fire: how cinema's new breed of cowboys are taking aim at the old west 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

His big voice, all growl and gravel, sounds at once rousing and worn, essentially battle-scarred. New Music: New Albums by Iggy Azalea, Kelis and Glen David Andrews 2014-04-21T22:02:03Z

The musicians — essentially playing themselves in re-enactments of events that more or less really happened — are focused much of the time on practical matters. | 'No One Knows About Persian Cats': Indie Rock in Iran in Bahman Ghobadi?s New Work 2010-04-16T01:56:00Z

This comes after decades of essentially culturally elevating chefs to near-rock stardom, but is it possible that shining a light on the darker side of the industry could actually change it? From "The Bear" to "The Menu," this was the year pop culture faced the horrors of fine dining 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

Was doing this essentially a gift to your own children? Johnny Depp aims to make his kids giggle with 'Rango' 2011-03-04T16:54:50Z

In my view, the moments when Duch broke down seemed to come essentially from genuine shame. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

One of the big additions to this setting is the use of a charger, or presentation plate, which is essentially a plate that no one eats from. How to properly set a table for a gathering of any size 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z

The crime thriller “Nightcrawler” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and the horror flick “Ouija” essentially tied for first in a traditionally slow Halloween weekend at the box office. 'Nightcrawler,' 'Ouija' tie for No. 1 in slow Halloween weekend 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

“So essentially we’re back to the drawing board on how to deal with this very large gap.” ArtsBeat: Saratoga Season for New York City Ballet May Shrink 2012-05-10T21:27:21Z

Born in 1948 in Shreveport, La., to what she described as a “drug addict mother and alcoholic, gambler father” who split up when she was 8, Minter said she essentially raised herself. Marilyn Minter, an Artist Who Resonates and Repels 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

But it always rested on an essentially negative proposition: whatever else the war was about, it was not about slavery. Did northern aggression cause the Civil War? 2012-08-29T21:41:00Z

After all, they’re essentially asking how much you care about them. Perspective | A grammar nerd gently dismantles those arguments for rejecting the new ‘they’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

In April, a Public Service Commission judge proposed that Uber and similar services be categorized as “common carriers,” essentially subjecting the companies to the same rules and regulations followed by traditional taxicabs. Legal, political battles bedevil ridesharing 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

I mean, my conclusion essentially is that every generation has done something different than the one before it. New "OK Boomer" book tries to heal generational rift between Millennials and Boomers 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

F. A. Porsche joined the family business in 1958, working in the technical design department essentially as an apprentice, immersing himself in the details of engine construction, aerodynamics and body styling. Ferdinand A. Porsche, 76, Dies; Designed Celebrated 911 2012-04-06T01:00:23Z

Donkey Kong Country Returns is exactly the opposite: Its concepts are decades old, and the story is essentially nonexistent, but the game provides fun and a rewarding experience because its basic platforming is so fine. Video Game Review: Evil Spirit Alert: Keep Leaping for Your Life, Ya Big Ape 2010-12-29T22:27:16Z

Spotting the potential of the men-with-nagging-female-partners market high-street chain River Island started selling “nag gags” earlier this year – essentially, football-shaped gimp gags. Feisty, flounce and bossy: the words used to put women down 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

The play, which has little conventional plot, is essentially a snapshot of this lost soul. Review: ‘Dublin Carol’ Gets Lost in Its Drink 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

One alternative solution might be to mature the germ cells in a Petri dish – essentially, to grow sperm in the lab. 'It gives you hope': the fight to save the fertility of children with cancer 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z

But I wasn't sure I wanted my mother to be drawn into the pop culture that essentially belonged to my generation. FamilyLife 2012-06-01T23:05:08Z

Later I learned that deviled eggs are essentially soul food for white people, much like casserole. Deviled eggs that even God would cosign 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z

The monster, though granted the sublime energy of his appetite, is still essentially evil: we gasp when it emerges unsuspected and cheer when it is, at last, blown up. The Summer of Shark Politics on Cape Cod 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

“But it’s essentially all the same ingredients ... it’s almost a conspiracy.” Loco Mondays at Bodega Negra in Chelsea 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

But it’s not acceptable to write about what’s essentially a work meeting like it’s a date. “She is blonde but dark at the roots”: Vanity Fair’s Margot Robbie profile is a masterclass in how not to write about famous women 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

The show’s format is academic — this is essentially a book spread over some walls — but the questions it raises about the alliance of two of the globe’s fastest-growing geographic entities are not. Review: ‘Facing East’ Examines Chinese Influence on African Cities 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

In the midst of all this tension, the townspeople decide to take a vote on whether or not to unincorporate Seneca, which, if successful, would essentially wipe it from the map. The 10 must-listen podcast episodes of the decade 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

I was very concerned with using unmanned aircraft to essentially assassinate people. With a Drone on the High Line, an Artist Re-emerges From Controversy 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

When Cuomo decided to use the state’s prisoners to produce hand sanitizer, critics howled that he was exploiting what was essentially slave labor in a health crisis. Andrew Cuomo during the covid-19 crisis is the same as ever, with one big difference: People like him 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

The International Ski Federation ceased all formal ballet skiing competitions after 2000, and the form essentially disappeared. When Ski Ballet Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Given that jazz is essentially an African-American art form and the movies were made by white producers, the association is both all the more unpleasant and all the more unfortunately explicable. Louis Malle’s “Elevator to the Gallows,” and Its Historic Miles Davis Soundtrack 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

The aroma of pork and sauerkraut as you walk through the door is a good sign of what to expect here: hearty German cooking and beer, essentially. Bamberg, Germany: A city of just 70,000 people but nine breweries 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

How did what is essentially some gauze held on by straps take on so much meaning? The Mask 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

The argument is a twist on the long-standing lament for the death of the “midrange drama” or the “adult drama,” and it’s an essentially reactionary, anti-artistic conception of cinema, in two different ways. There Is No “Genius of the System” 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

It is essentially Quidditch played with opinions in university common rooms. Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z

Very lively atmosphere and extensive “essentially English” menu. Rowing for Jesus, and other activities for a Parents’ Weekend abroad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Eventually, what emerges is a sense of the elephant-human relationship as essentially based on misunderstanding. Pachyderm unbound: ‘The Tusk That Did the Damage,’ by Tania James 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

“It essentially eliminates the orchestra as we know it.” Unions Say City Opera Offer Would Gut Chorus and Orchestra 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z

Editorially, it essentially takes the inverse model of BuzzFeed, serving a side of clickbait with a main course of serious journalism. Jill Abramson’s Book Charts Journalism’s Stormy Seas, With Some Personal Regrets and Score-Settling 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

Within a few days, he was invited back for a stage — the culinary world’s term for what is essentially an audition in kitchen. A Chef Who Brings Fashion to the Kitchen 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

After all, they’re essentially works of art: a Guild acoustic in dark cherry and a Fender Telecaster Sunburst. Discovering Manhood in Soapy Bubbles 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

On the other, it was a self-contained, single-episode narrative of Mr. Trump, desperate to stay in power, essentially trying to lead an armed private militia to Congress. The Jan. 6 Committee Produces a Very Special Episode 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

“I feel like my career is essentially two different careers,” he says: Hair and No Hair. The actor behind ‘Barry’s’ NoHo Hank, TV’s happiest mobster 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

The book is essentially a collection of 850-word pieces, with occasional chapter divisions that seem to be there for the sake of appearance rather than of thematic function. Bitter Experience Has Taught Me by Nicholas Lezard – review 2013-07-15T08:00:01Z

Because of the money thing and the rent thing, it has become essentially untenable to be cool, to be mysterious, to have that allure being an indie legend. Hari Nef and Parker Posey: Two ‘It’ Girls Whose ‘Humanity Peeks Through’ 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z

Those guidelines, if taken literally, mean that a review essentially has to praise or criticize the episode without evidence. TV Weekend: Mortality (and Reefer) In the Air for Mad Men’s Return 2013-04-04T16:43:30Z

The other is essentially the same, except this time Joyce isn't the one stepping out of a Rolls Royce to wild cheers and flashing bulbs. Saved from extinction, "Minx" is back with an even richer and more complicated second season 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

"He's essentially setting himself up as the HBO of music streaming. But it takes more than a handful of music stars to change the underlying dynamics in the music streaming era." Top musicians team with Jay Z on Tidal music streaming service 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

For one thing, 10 or 12 episodes of television is expensive, even in a half-hour format, essentially adding up to two or three movies. Sundance 2015: Can an animated animal show change the way TV is made? 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

So we have multiple levels of what is essentially a cover up, a gilding or glamorizing of ordinary or ugly things through art. Review | Three large masterpieces, reunited for the first time 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

After all, this is, essentially, a love story. Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan: 'We're not the big buddies people think we are' 2010-10-26T19:29:00Z

Now, with spring on the horizon, some arts groups say they hope to essentially restart the reopening that began in the fall. Can New Yorkers Be Lured Back to the Arts by a Good Deal? 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z

The third dribble is essentially a crossover, except, instead of moving the ball from one side of the body to the other, like Iverson, Harden moves it forward to backward. An Overanalysis of James Harden’s Step-Back 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z

At the show’s opening, patrons will be welcomed to the “maison de santé” by an actress who is essentially the madam of a Victorian insane asylum. Playwright persevered as life brought success and sadness 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

EST show essentially finished in a dead heat with MSNBC's "The Ed Show" on Monday and Tuesday, Nielsen said. Egyptian crisis leads viewers to sample CNN 2011-02-11T14:55:20Z

Chicken under a brick — that's also just a great technique where you are essentially using weight to help compress the skin against the cooking surface. Cook better chicken with these classic techniques from The New York Times 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

“The recent shooting reveals how Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are essentially cops,” said Timmy Rose of the People’s Response Team. Taking humanity hostage: What a brutally violent ICE raid tells us about Trump’s creeping police state 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z

And to be on a staff where you are essentially being sidelined because the showrunner has no interest in training you how to write that show, that is a terrible, terrible experience. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z

With just one album to their name so far, a new 14-track record essentially doubles La Roux's output. La Roux and Major Lazer join forces on mixtape 2010-05-26T12:12:00Z

Spectators typically pack the route for what has essentially become a massive work of live performance art. Can Halloween freak you out any more than the real world? 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

What I was working on was essentially making sure the bad guys did not get the nuclear bomb. "Countdown to Zero": Valerie Plame Wilson's new anti-nuke crusade 2010-07-23T01:02:00Z

And what Rigsby’s dances tell us so far is that he’s essentially a soloist. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

The author has to sneak away from his seat to consult Reagan letters, diaries and biographies to fortify what is essentially a subjunctive enterprise. Watch One With the Gipper: An Aide Recalls Movie Nights With the Reagans 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

He argues that life is full of precisely those qualities and to simplify and codify it is, essentially, to fall short. Noises off: Theatre that makes us see differently 2012-05-25T08:35:20Z

This time around, her email says essentially the same thing, but is tied up in a more devil-may-care bow. ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap: Hey Stranger 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

Swift and the other women teased cameo after cameo, with each one sharing what was essentially a movie poster with their respective character on Instagram. Taylor Swift, Marketing Genius: How "Bad Blood" Went Right To Number One 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

It is expected to be a much quieter event this year, not only because the case has essentially been solved, but also because it’s not clear what it stands for anymore. A Crime Against Gay Israelis Is a Symbol, but of What? 2013-07-26T17:36:52Z

Surprisingly, for a piece that is essentially about the big emotions of youth, the opera is full of melancholy. Eugene Onegin: unchain my heart 2013-01-02T19:30:04Z

He essentially served the role of an actor or a news anchor, a charismatic and credible figure reading someone else’s words off a Teleprompter. “Why is God telling me to stop asking questions?”: Meet the woman behind Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Cosmos” 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

The exhibit is an attempt to curate an essentially unmanageable library of content: Some two billion videos are watched daily on YouTube. Mediums collide at YouTube's Guggenheim exhibit 2010-10-21T23:02:00Z

But it retains its populist stance, and this generous assembly of extracts from Broadway shows was essentially a compendium of the genre's greatest hits. Bryn Terfel – review 2012-07-05T17:00:01Z

But in a drifting performance that essentially turned into one long improvised melodic paraphrase of the original songs, half of those chord changes were substituted or erased. Music Review: Veterans With Quartets, Stretching Out in Sound 2011-02-27T23:05:32Z

But the show is essentially one joke — “You shouldn’t say/do that around children” — told a bunch of different ways. Review: ‘Teachers,’ Expanded From Web to Television 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

He essentially recuses himself from the debate over the ethics of banning literature that provokes dissent, instead offering a rambling, solipsistic speech about the personal problems that gave rise to the book. Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z

The Buggles dissolved into the prog band Yes, to mixed success, and the group's second and last album was essentially the work of Horn on his own. The Buggles reunite for one night only 2010-08-10T14:46:00Z

I also love that we made a whole movie for essentially 400 bucks.” Movie Cram II at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

The exhibition, also titled “The Tale of Genji,” is essentially a history of the novel’s reception in the course of the past millennium. The Radiant Prince Comes to Fifth Avenue 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

He was the first black editor of a prison magazine in America and also, under some enlightened wardens, the first to edit one that was essentially uncensored. Books of The Times: ?In the Place of Justice,? Wilbert Rideau?s Prison Memoir 2010-05-04T22:14:00Z

It's essentially a giant donut — minus the frying — that's completely covered in confectioners' sugar. 20 best Father's Day cakes for dads (and people who love cake) 2022-06-18T04:00:00Z

Clybourne Park depicts a version of history where middle-class white areas are essentially invaded by black people, who subsequently preside over the neighbourhood's demise. Clybourne Park: The joke's not funny if only wealthy white people laugh 2010-09-18T07:30:00Z

He is determined to do his best to “articulate something that is essentially inarticulate by design” to the press and to festival audiences alike. Noah Baumbach: ‘Marriage Story illustrates that to take sides is folly’ 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z

Rogers takes this formative story and makes it into a story about children and adults who didn't see beyond what was outside him, to what Rogers essentially called the essence awesome. New Mister Rogers film downplays his radical edge: “His work was deeply political” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

She flees her home after a corrupt duke ruins her family’s fortune, essentially shutting down their carnival and demanding that Elizabeth become his slave. Best new science fiction and steampunk

At times, his sleep problems took the form of a related disorder that researchers call sleep terrors — essentially, a half-waking nightmare state that the subject is unable to snap out of. The Life of Tobias Wong, Designer 2010-06-25T22:17:00Z

And usually the profession is happy to tag along to what's essentially a party for theatrical types. Why did the Olivier awards ignore dancers? 2011-03-18T16:48:51Z

A pot of beef and vegetables popular all over is New England boiled dinner, and it’s essentially a pot roast simmered in water with lots of root vegetables. Seattle vs. New England in the supper bowl: how our food cultures compare 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

A novel based on a tabletop game does not sound like a recipe for entertainment, but the entire genre essentially owes its origin to the role-playing game whether sanctioned or otherwise. Five Fantasy Epics That Would Have Made for Better TV Than Game of Thrones 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

Now both in their 50s, they remain essentially one and the same, and consequently stronger together than the sum of their parts. Martin and Gary Kemp: 'We complement each other' 2013-04-19T14:00:04Z

Critics fault the network for focusing too much on what's happening in America and at the Vatican while essentially ignoring the rest of the world's Catholics. US-based 'Pope TV' to zero in on papal selection 2013-03-12T17:32:08Z

All of a sudden he made news, so he got enormous amount of essentially free advertising every day. A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women” 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

The new situation in the new globalised economy eventually killed off not only Marxist-Leninism but also social democratic reformism – which was essentially the working class putting pressure on their nation states. From Marx to the Milibands 2011-01-16T00:04:08Z

What’s striking is the degree to which the material remains essentially unchanged. ‘Blue’s Big City Adventure’ Review: It’s Gotta Be the Clues 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

A voice coach taught what was to her essentially a new language. Netflix Brings the Intensity of Elena Ferrante’s Naples to the Screen 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

We tend to think of Cage, with his absorption of eastern philosophies, as essentially spiritual, while Scarlatti's sonatas always suggest a worldly pleasure in creativity. Melvyn Tan ? review 2011-08-17T17:43:06Z

The turntable that rotates the Act I set of Richard Eyre’s production was broken, so it needed to be essentially restaged on the fly. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

A bespoke suit, custom made, fitted and refitted, was an expensive, essentially conservative proposition, a suit of armor and the bedrock of a gentleman’s wardrobe, but distinctly not a fashionable item. Meet the Man Who Dressed Mick Jagger 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

That’s essentially what he and his friends are doing, too: remaking the world as best they can with the bits of paint and paste they can scrap together. Review | Sarah Winman’s ‘Still Life’ feels like a Saturday night among old friends 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Christopher Bailey, plugged into Facebook and Twitter, with mills and knitters eager to serve, can essentially hit the cruise control at Burberry, so reliable is the machine. Fashion Review: Young Designers Lead the Way at London Fashion Shows - Fashion Review 2011-09-21T17:58:26Z

As I understand your use of this term, “the media” is essentially shorthand for anything you read, saw or heard today that you disagreed with or didn’t like. Dear readers: Please stop calling us ‘the media.’ There is no such thing. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

We're often given this fantasy, essentially, that we're all on this ever moving forward, progressive sort of march towards ever more progressive equity, ever more democratic. Author Elaine Castillo talks about empathy, Jane Austen adaptations, and "How to Read Now" 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

I went a bit back and forth with my editors about whether or not we should have, essentially, a trigger warning at the beginning of the book. Zosia Mamet on pushing for a trigger warning for stories about food and feelings 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

But essentially, it is a form of falling in love with the idea of somebody. Why ‘Beautiful Boy’ director Felix Van Groeningen is fascinated by the fragility of families 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

With Tintin he referenced himself, essentially remaking  as the cartoon it may always have aspired to be. War Horse: Spielberg's Searing, Splendid Christmas Gift 2011-12-22T21:17:44Z

The hour that follows essentially feels like watching two cosplayers suffer through a corporate team-building exercise as the film around them takes great pains to mute the talents of its stars. "Monster Hunter" review: Jovovich and Jaa team up for a virtually unwatchable video game movie 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Paddington Bear — at least as far as his 89-year-old creator Michael Bond is concerned — is essentially an English character, and the wild popularity of the new film “Paddington” hasn’t changed his opinion. How Paddington came to be, according to his creator 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

“Phase Six” aspires to real density, but it can’t quite get there: The characters remain essentially static. In ‘Phase Six,’ Two Women Get to Work Saving the World From a Pandemic 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

The staging added little to what was essentially old-fashioned emoting. An Opera Festival That Keeps Faith With Shutdown’s Innovations 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z

Yet this is essentially about an undersized warrior gutting his way to a title bout – all else seems like window-dressing by comparison. Did Gladiator really deserve the best picture Oscar? 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

We’re essentially using razors and glorified meat cleavers to slice up the organs on cutting boards. Autopsies are nothing like “CSI”: My second career dissecting the dead 2014-01-25T13:00:00Z

He’s amazing in archival interviews because he essentially speaks in lyrics. Trying to Capture the Life and Lyrics of That Wry Sage Leonard Cohen 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

This essentially makes the fourth season a reset for Chidi more than the other characters, which means he and Eleanor may never, ever get back together again. Once more into "The Good Place": William Jackson Harper on Chidi and the final season 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

It received mixed reviews, and Mr. Davies said it was such a commercial dud that it essentially ended his work for the big screen, although he directed a handful of TV films. Howard Davies, acclaimed director on London and New York stages, dies at 71 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The museum is limited — it’s essentially just a small house — but there is a beautiful surrounding park where concerts are held during summer weekends. In Warsaw, With Chopin as Muse 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, if I write about people for whom the internet is — as far as the reader can see — peripheral or nonexistent, am I not essentially writing historical fiction? Novels about the Internet can still be compelling 2013-01-19T23:00:00Z

A few months later he returned to Utah to work at the organization’s summer film workshops and essentially never left. John Cooper’s Stealth Direction of Sundance Film Festival 2014-01-14T23:12:16Z

“They have essentially the same amount of power as the servants of Downton Abbey.” John Oliver: coronavirus could turn into 'a full-blown homelessness crisis' 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

That bit on its own doesn’t really do anything but – as I breath back into the balloon, in and out, essentially asphyxiating myself until I can’t breathe any more – I start to feel the effects. Is the growth in nitrous oxide misuse a laughing matter? 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Maria is essentially “adopted” by Rocky after she develops a friend crush on her. You need to read this: 5 hot new fiction books coming in August 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z

To her, Washington is still essentially business as usual. Marianne Williamson: A Politico or Apolitical? 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Wyld essentially pulls it off, the way she pulls off nearly everything. Women on the Scottish Coast, at the Whims of Male Violence 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

If Netflix has a big day on Thursday, expect rivals to complain that it essentially bought Emmy votes. Emmy Awards Nominations: What to Watch For 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

They initially asked for essentially everything we had collected — notes, interviews, images. Snapshot: Sarah Burns and the Documentary ‘Central Park Five’ 2012-11-18T03:53:01Z

An essentially unknown work like “Antikrist” presents a host of logistical challenges, from training singers to attracting audiences, but it can provide its director with rare creative license. Reawakening the Antichrist (and Other Lost Opera Gems) 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

The show assures us that deep down, Tessa and George love each other, that their relationship is essentially healthy, and that neither they nor their new neighbors are irredeemable caricatures. Something's amiss in "Suburgatory" 2011-09-28T22:29:00Z

The site had not yet become the trolling behemoth it’s now known to be, but was, as Newsweek recently noted, criticized for a different reason: essentially, O’Connell’s sincerity. Ryan O’Connell on Thought Catalog, trolling & the Millennial angst tipping point: “The more you write about your personal life, the less you have one” 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z

“There’s something cosmic and essentially human about Bach’s music. So even though I wasn’t always feeling my absolute best, it was an incredible opportunity to share that with those people.” Strapping On His Cello for a 600-Mile Bach Pilgrimage 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

Any cartoonist who cracks The New Yorker with even one cartoon has essentially climbed Mount Everest. Books of The Times: Bob Mankoff’s ‘How About Never — Is Never Good for You?’ 2014-03-19T20:53:31Z

This is Paleo eschatology, essentially—a vision of the world’s final destination, rendered in the language of an idyllic past. The Paleo diet is more than a fad: “The lifestyle captures a certain discontent with modernity” 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z

Two self-produced albums were followed in 2009 by “The Mountain,” which essentially documented the demise of a longtime personal relationship and the break-up of her band. Album review: Heartless Bastards, 'Arrow' 2012-02-14T16:58:00Z

Before I return to the track to face the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car challenge, I'm given a go in a simulator, essentially a Top Gear PS3 game. The Stig and I: my Top Gear adventure 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

A typical orchestral audition might end up attracting dozens of people who are essentially indistinguishable in their musicianship and technique. To Make Orchestras More Diverse, End Blind Auditions 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z

The United States’ foreign policy is essentially to make people American through capitalism or kill them. Tipping breeds indentured servitude 2013-09-09T12:00:00Z

Hsiao-kang shadows the thief, seeking purpose through revenge, but also in thrall to a vision of a life more lived, never realizing that Ah-tze is himself essentially alone. How Can I Avoid Feeling Lonely When All My Friends Are Coupled Up? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

When a criminal is believed to have fled to international territory, law enforcement in the pursuing country can request a Red Notice — essentially the most formidable and far-reaching "wanted" poster in the world. Red notice: 10 fascinating facts about Interpol 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z

This was the postwar literary society and it was essentially the same as the world of Conrad, Stevenson, Dickens and Johnson. The third age of Grub Street – and a new era for books 2013-03-04T15:43:30Z

A perfect example of the power of implied threat, The Haunting is essentially the story of Julie Harris's lonely middle-aged woman being slowly devoured by her groaning, undulating surroundings. The Haunting: No 13 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:42:00Z

The sold-out show was highly anticipated, as Temple is essentially a combination of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Seattle celebrates Temple of the Dog — 25 years later 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

Whereas American Ballet Theater and the are mainly led by foreign stars, the Paris Opera still manages to be essentially French. Dance Review: Paris Ballet Opera’s ‘Giselle’ at Lincoln Center 2012-07-15T21:45:22Z

It has a crust, and it has a custard filling essentially with the addition of cheese. "Pies transform a meal": Take this master class in pie making with Peete's Pie owner Petra Paredez 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

This is nowhere more evident than in painting, which is essentially the history of its changing surfaces and techniques. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Coverley's interesting thesis is, essentially, that walking and writing are one activity. Path to enlightenment: how walking inspires writers 2012-08-09T08:51:33Z

Griffith's language is so fluent, so confident, that it's hard to believe that he was essentially speaking it for the first time. The Birth of a Nation: a gripping masterpiece … and a stain on history 2013-07-29T14:31:08Z

How to Feed Picky Eaters Cafes serve basic sandwiches, plain omelets, chicken dishes or croque-monsieurs, essentially grilled cheese with ham. Travel Guide: Paris for Kids 2013-07-30T18:17:49Z

While he says the Labour party's work "is essentially done", he does see a role for the Greens. A life in writing: Les Murray 2010-11-22T00:05:00Z

This flight crosses the International Date Line, which essentially “turns back time” by 24 hours. Luxury airline hosting $26,000 trip from Las Vegas to Tokyo to celebrate New Year’s Eve 'twice' 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

She makes any number of good decisions, such as stetting the Japanese term “freeter,” which essentially means “slacker” or barely employed. ‘Convenience Store Woman’ Casts a Fluorescent Spell 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Then they were asked whether they believed the copy was essentially the same object. Giving Meaning to ‘Art’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Plaster lasts essentially forever if it stays dry, but water can make it crumbly and loose. You can replace that plaster crown molding, but it’ll cost you 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Glamping.com lists nearly 800 locations worldwide, including lodges, tree houses and cabins — essentially, any accommodation in a natural setting with luxury-level service — but the following new glamping sites follow the classic definition: tent-based. Glamping Slips Into the Mainstream 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

And then essentially, I wrote my own obituary. "It would change our politics": Emilio Estevez on why we should all take a pilgrimage 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

This video is essentially the dance equivalent of a politician’s supporters filming themselves eating pizza slices with forks and knives. Why Mayor Pete shouldn’t pin his “High Hopes” on that cringey campaign dance 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

“Cosmopolis” was, he added, essentially the first movie he made after he finished the final chapter of the “Twilight” series. Robert Pattinson Knows What You Think, but He Can Work With That 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

When the United States government began to process adoptions from Guatemala, the informal adoption process essentially never changed. Motherlode Blog: An Adoptive Parent Won't Take the Blame 2012-12-10T17:36:50Z

Enron proves that you've got to add a lot of bells and whistles to enliven a story that is essentially about meetings and people pushing buttons on computer screens. Bad Business = Good Entertainment 2010-04-22T18:09:00Z

Though amiable as always, and well intended, his jive talking was essentially a black stereotype rendered in pink felt and was discontinued in 1975. Autistic Julia joins Bert, Ernie and Abby Cadabby in championing Muppet diversity 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Facebook also has never acknowledged the glaringly obvious — that it is essentially a media company, where many of its 2 billion active monthly users get the majority of their news and information. Perspective | Facebook’s role in Trump’s win is clear. No matter what Mark Zuckerberg says. 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

The view that these shows are essentially documentaries is shared by Jim Bob Duggar, who appears with his wife and 19 children on TLC's "19 Kids & Counting." Reality TV kids perform without a safety net 2010-06-28T03:57:00Z

The kitten essentially grows into the shape of the vessel! "Mewdini" the cat finds herself in a hairy situation 2011-02-22T20:23:00Z

An allergy is essentially the immune system reacting, or overreacting, to a trigger. With allergy season around the corner, educate yourself now 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

I essentially came to this place, into the story, as a person. "The Third Rainbow Girl" author on the true story of a double murder she didn't set out to write 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

One recipe that stood out to me in particular was Julia Moskin's Flattened Chicken Thighs with Roasted Lemon Slices, which you wrote is essentially a reinvention of a classic chicken under a brick. Cook better chicken with these classic techniques from The New York Times 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

And yet, he added, on “More Arriving” they were “essentially talking about the same things.” Beyond the Stereotypes, a New View of Indian Music 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

“Lucid dreaming essentially is hacking the world’s most complicated computer: the human brain,” he said. So You Want to Have a Lucid Dream? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

“The Crown” is both essentially historically accurate and also clearly fiction. ‘The Crown’ Executes a Peaceful Palace Coup 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

“The Good Place,” arriving Sept. 19 on NBC, takes place in what is essentially heaven. Welcome to the Zoo. Or Call It Prime-Time TV. 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

Raab grew up poor and essentially abandoned, and before catching on as a writer, was an alcoholic and drug addict. The Whore of Akron: More Than Just a LeBron James Takedown 2011-11-30T11:58:32Z

We live in a world that is obsessed, fixated and defined by the external which is ultimately and essentially an illusion and delusion. All Twisted Up by Gender Bending 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

“Busy Tonight,” with the actress and author Busy Philipps, is essentially an answer to the question “What if Instagram were a TV show?” Making Talk TV for a Post-TV Generation 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

The network trails CBS and Fox in the ratings, its numbers essentially flat from last season. ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season 2012-05-15T20:01:03Z

Finally, a lawyer she consulted went online and found a company in New York that was willing to essentially finance her divorce. For richer or poorer: divorce lenders help you ditch your wealthy spouse – at a cost 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Or is it the other way round: a show designed to get children accustomed to clicks, cursors and modular level design – essentially, grooming toddlers for Xbox? Sam Leith on Dora the Explorer 2011-08-28T21:14:07Z

Even though this started as essentially a demotivational book, then it kind of morphed into something more personal as I was writing it. “Archer” and “Bob’s Burgers” star H. Jon Benjamin is more than just a pretty voice 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

The Warhol Foundation, which filed a brief on Mr. Prince’s behalf, essentially argued that by merely changing the context — placing a work in a museum or a gallery — an artist can transform someone else’s creation. Photographers Band Together to Protect Work in ‘Fair Use’ Cases 2014-02-21T23:24:52Z

Tired of being belittled, Booth impulsively shoots his bikini-wearing wife with a spear gun, which essentially tears her in half. Quentin Tarantino Turns His Most Recent Movie Into a Pulpy Page-Turner 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

Greenwell is optimistic about the new layout and said it will be more welcoming to groups that were hesitant about attending what was essentially an annual outdoor hip-hop festival. Howard University eliminates live music from Yardfest activities

Kelly's speech essentially warned that theatre isn't going to drastically change the world in one fell swoop; to pretend otherwise is naive. How political theatre changed its tune 2012-06-06T14:53:19Z

The musician is simultaneously central and peripheral in a show — which essentially takes place in the present day — that is more interested in how music can foster personal connections and, perhaps, a sense of community. ‘Listening Party’ Review: Can Songs Heal a Brotherly Divide? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

“It was essentially taken over by the Empire. It’s an occupied territory.” Everything You Need to Know About the Force in Rogue One 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

An eight-week commitment seems like a vastly unmanageable and essentially doomed undertaking at the moment, so I thought I'd save myself the pain of adding another failure to my ever-growing list. Broadchurch - box set review 2013-06-06T14:00:02Z

In a museum context, the word is essentially an honorific, suggesting a coherent political entity that is sufficiently rich and lasting to create its own visual propaganda. Review | The Met gives a long-overdue look at an African cultural powerhouse 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

She was, essentially, its chief influencer, and she seemed to know that consistent visuals were vital to building a brand identity. Queen Elizabeth: A Visual Dictionary 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

The isms and taxonomies of modern art are, to a large degree, essentially the isms and taxonomy established by MoMA over the last century. Review | Phillips Collection is turning 100 and showing what future of classic museums can be 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z

Curious also introduced a new subscription option that essentially sets it up potentially to become the Netflix of learning. Are You Ready To Subscribe To A Netflix For Learning? Curious.com Thinks You Are 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

It’s essentially a full-time job, the watching and waiting, and that’s before the toil begins of bringing the seedlings indoors and outdoors to harden them off, like a toddler being aired by an old-fashioned nanny. Seeds, the Gateway Drug to Gardening 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

But then Staples herself took the stage and essentially hijacked her own tribute concert from an all-star lineup of guests Wednesday at the Auditorium Theatre. Mavis Staples rescues her own tribute concert 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

"Fast Life" by Language Arts Like all Language Arts songs, "Fast Life" is essentially vehicle for the Seattle rapper's blasé punchline style and writerly flair. Friday Favorites: Perfume Genius, Mesita, Language Arts 2010-08-06T20:03:00Z

“I hate all this statuary — it felt to me my entire life that it was essentially no different than a monument to members of the Wehrmacht or the SS,” he said. Topple a Confederate Statue? This Broadway Musical Already Did. 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

His argument was essentially: I’m a jerk, not a predator. Fallen Stars, From Roseanne Barr to Kevin Spacey, Rearrange Fall TV 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

I was paying tuition to a school essentially teaching me I was going to hell and I was a terrible person. Q&A with Cameron Esposito: Putting out a memoir during a pandemic and facing the darkness onstage 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

And if they couldn't be them, well, they'd wear their clothes, which, as many of their victims were famous primarily for being fashion plates, was essentially the same thing. The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales – review 2013-07-04T14:15:28Z

Any Emmys is a battle of the past and the future, caught between awards that actually recognize the last season and those that are essentially gold watches. Emmys 2015: An Awards Show for a ‘Peak TV,’ Blockbuster Era 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

So often, people are told to essentially dilute who they are to attract the masses. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Learning to Love Himself, With an Assist From Beyoncé 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

His films suggest that he believes that there are such things—that he’s a sort of natural moralist and, therefore, essentially conservative. Whit Stillman’s “Love & Friendship”: Subverting the Social Order with Style 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Vernon’s score, which draws from the period’s disco, soft rock and glam sounds, is solid — which is important, since the evening essentially consists of “all about me” songs by the staff and patrons. Review: A Gay Nightclub Tragedy, Decades Before Orlando, in ‘The View UpStairs’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

Yet despite Alsop’s careful direction and urgent singing from the Baltimore Choral Arts Society and the Peabody Children’s Chorus, the performance could not disguise the essentially slender nature of Adams’s score. Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs 9/11 tribute paired with Beethoven

Even more importantly, essentially: if he tells them first, no one else can. The real reason Prince Harry spilled his dark secrets in "Spare" – whether you want to know or not 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

It is essentially the vision of Mary Malone in the third volume of Pullman's His Dark Materials. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

They are essentially the band on the albums "Tapestry" and "Sweet Baby James." Carole King and James Taylor stir memories and emotions at KeyArena 2010-05-10T17:57:00Z

Trained as a pianist and vocal coach, he essentially taught himself conducting. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z

“The idea was born of child abuse, essentially,” Mr. Corddry said. Television: ?Childrens Hospital? With Rob Corddry, Now a TV Series 2010-07-09T18:51:00Z

Just as he bends over to read to heart's content, his glasses slip from his nose and break, rendering him essentially blind. Hop aboard Netflix's chilling yet campy "Bloodride," a Norwegian "Twilight Zone" for today 2020-03-14T04:00:00Z

Then she was simply absent, reduced to a kind of shimmering nostalgic image, an essentially static, mythical being: always ‘improving,’ yet always staying the same and never actually getting anywhere.” Books of The Times: Twin Alone, Disconnected but Not Lost 2011-01-09T22:53:24Z

Clothes are essentially split into two categories of fit: vacuum-sealed and hot-air balloon. | Dash: Any Kardashians in Your Closet? 2010-12-08T20:20:00Z

Jessop is too straight-laced and buttoned down to fully be the center of a play that is essentially a meditation on paranoia. 'Bug' at Redtwist Theatre: Up-close production can't help but crawl under your skin 2011-06-02T13:06:50Z

Trevor Noah released a viral video that essentially expressed a lack of surprise that Trump, a man who flaunts his refusal to wear masks, eventually became infected. Science and karma: Late night comedy makes peace with joking about Trump's COVID diagnosis 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z

This process is now essentially complete, with the renovation of the gardens by Land Use Consultants and the building of a pavilion for performances, events and school groups by the architects Walters and Cohen. Horniman Museum; Bauhaus Live – review 2012-05-26T23:05:30Z

After all, commercial branding is an essentially corporate, establishment idea, and Mr. Assange and his ... well, brand, are the opposite. The Branding of Julian Assange 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Their marriage, like their mortgage, is essentially defunct, drawn along only by inertia and false promises. ‘Summerlong’: A story for adults about adults gone wild 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

He continued on as executive producer of "Jeopardy!," and as of last week, it was reported that Richards was taking sensitivity trainings, and had an official "minder" to essentially stop him from inappropriate behavior. “Jeopardy!" (finally) sees the light and fires Mike Richards as executive producer 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z

“It’s that what you want is long. A column essentially.” For a Composer’s Style, Statement Pieces to Play and Wear 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

But his recent run, essentially going back to “Green Lantern” in 2011, has been unlucky. Sundance 2015: Ryan Reynolds and Noah Baumbach Draw Mixed Verdicts 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

That skill, essentially, is to not be dull. No campaign news, no problem. These strategists can always lend a quote. 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

The hundreds of romance novels — perhaps thousands, if you include the self-published ones that constitute their own phenomenon — just published or due to appear in the next few months essentially fall into two categories. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

There's an epidemic of male loneliness, the headlines tell us, and the pundits are saying, essentially, that maybe this is a problem for women to solve. How to survive—and thrive—in "The Heartbreak Years" 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z

Rather than demolish it, the architects essentially carved up the tower, a floor at a time. Architecture Review: Real-Life Design: Erecting Solutions to Social Problems 2010-10-14T22:00:00Z

In case you're unfamiliar with it, brown butter is essentially melted butter with caramelized milk solids, which transform melted butter from a typical popcorn topping into something more crave-able and decadent. The butteriest, lemoniest, simplest weeknight pasta sauce 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

It also helped that costumers were available to make everything perfect, just like it should be for what is essentially haute couture, he adds with a smile. Valentino's new runway is the ballet stage 2012-09-19T17:30:18Z

So Nacho stands up for his community, essentially, and says, "This is who we are, this is what I will back up. And this is what I will give my life to." "Better Call Saul" star on playing "the only character breaking good when everybody's breaking bad" 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

In some way it's less courageous because it's essentially saying, 'I've opted out'; it's saying 'Please don't judge me against society's standards! Kick-Ass Jane 2010-03-21T00:05:00Z

Sound City became a hot studio after the modern incarnation of Fleetwood Mac was essentially born there, and Grohl's film includes vintage footage of a young Petty with his Heartbreakers. Grohl's 'Sound City' film explores human element 2013-01-31T17:21:09Z

In paparazzi photos or on their own social media accounts, these props, because that’s essentially what they were, communicated something far more powerful than a press statement ever could. Searching for the Notorious Celebrity Book Stylist 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

As one Amazon reviewer astutely pointed out, it's essentially a blend of National Enquirer-esque blind items and condescending gossip from unnamed "chums." Martha Stewart's brand has always been subversive 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

When Mr. Trump’s business became licensing his name to others, he essentially turned into a mascot. Review: ‘The Confidence Man’ Finds Trump’s Business Image Was Made for TV 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

The first episode of the second series – which variously included muzzling, nooses, freezing, chaining, burning and graphic, closeup self-mutilation – was essentially one liquidised pig’s carcass away from becoming Saw III: The Series. Westworld annoys the hell out of me – but is it OK to give up on it? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

Moreover, they have formed an extremely vocal and articulate fanbase whose obsessive dedication to the written word has effectively forced the film-makers to remain essentially respectful of the source texts. Move over, Luke Skywalker… I'm a Twilight man 2012-11-10T18:00:01Z

It just made sense to me to make essentially one gesture for each of the holograms. Simone Forti’s Experiments Transcribing Bodies in Motion 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

This loneliness is also emphasised by her costumes, many of which act as exo-skeletons, essentially cages within which she performs. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

This is essentially Pasternak's point: there is still a lot of work to do in the gold rush to plant-based. Fake chicken is coming for the Impossible Burger 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

Yet the two superb lead performers put flesh on what are essentially dueling essays. Theater Review | 'Girls in Trouble': Jonathan Reynolds Views Abortion From Kennedy Era to Now 2010-03-11T05:34:00Z

Although he lives a drab suburban life, one built on and paid for by violence, Kill List’s returned soldier protagonist has become an essentially murderous man. Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

I would essentially traverse mountainous central Peloponnese, east to west. An Olympic Odyssey: Where the Games Began 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

That menu item, which is essentially a double-decker tostada topped with bubbling cheese, had a cult following — especially among vegetarians because it was one of the dishes that could be reliably adapted to be meat-free. Taco Bell is ditching the Mexican Pizza soon, but here's an easy homemade recipe 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

The fourth floor drops in works by Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and Agnes Martin, but these bookend what is essentially more dude art.  Sneak peek: Touring the new SFMOMA, San Francisco's billowing new contemporary museum 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

If you didn’t like this TV musical from the beginning, forget it: this is still, essentially, the same show. TV Tonight: Love, Hate, or Love-to-Hate It, Smash Is Back 2013-02-05T13:59:56Z

And “the show about nothing” really comes from what it is essentially a pithy, cleaned up, more zingy version of their original pitch, which was “two guys talking.” Before Tony Soprano, there was “Seinfeld”: “It turns out we love nothing more than terrible people, but at that time it was unheard of” 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z

Obama’s order updated a National Defense Resource Preparedness act, which was essentially identical to one signed 19 years earlier and actually originated in 1950. Hustler’s denigrating S.E. Cupp “satire” 2012-05-24T20:30:00Z

When Rachel joins Shane at the airport, she is essentially accepting his objectionable qualities in exchange for the benefits he provides. Jake Lacy Says Aloha to ‘The White Lotus’ 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z

More specifically, can you maintain your humanity in a world where there is essentially no civilization left, no law and order left? Zombies, Aliens and Robots: The ‘Walking Dead’ Producer on Her Greatest Hits 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Participating in this call and response is a kind of critique, a way to show up the media by allowing their oversize responses to essentially trivial actions to reveal the emptiness of their raison d’être. Explaining James Franco Explaining Shia LaBeouf: Why None of This Is Art 2014-02-20T20:40:28Z

Maki is shackled when the film opens in a white slave-trader’s desert camp, and much of the story is essentially an extended escape scene across hill and dune. Review: In ‘Zarafa,’ a Giraffe Journeys in a Hot-Air Balloon 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

It’s clear we need a bigger and bolder plan to break this essentially bureaucratic impasse. A colorful vision for the 2 Freeway spur, remade as elevated park 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

For some critics these are less artworks, more marketable experiences - essentially gimmicks to draw in the crowds, a triumph of spectacle over art. Making a spectacle of the Old Masters 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Some of it smacks of shameless victim-blaming to protect the Anarchapulco brand, which is what it essentially became by its third and fourth years. "The Anarchists" is HBO's chaotic examination of fear, loathing and a crypto-bro con in Acapulco 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z

One of Perry’s unique talents is his ability to tell what is essentially the same story over and over again, while continually finding ways to make it fresh and absorbing. Review | ‘Eddie’s Boy,’ by Thomas Perry, continues the saga of a retired hit man who can’t escape his past 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z

"There were, taking into account the usual complexities, essentially two separate realities, a Catholic one and a Protestant one, that would meet every now and again in certain bloody ways." Nick Laird: a life in writing 2013-01-04T22:55:01Z

“Backstage bullying is essentially Broadway’s dirty little secret,” Robert DuSold, an actor, wrote in a blog post about Mr. Loeffelholz’s death. A Rough Rehearsal, a Suicide and a Broadway Show in Turmoil 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

The result seems to break with the temper of our times: it is essentially celebratory. Exhibition Review: World’s Fairs of 1930s Showed Boundless Vision of Prosperity 2012-12-06T23:31:49Z

“If they’re going to give essentially their likeness, they asked that we put M.L.B. players on the project and consult with Fox Sports, so that we’re not getting it wrong and it looks right.” That Padres Pitcher in ‘Pitch,’ She’s Got a Mean Screwball 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

The display of emotion that Simmons catalogs as a confused father whose son's memory has been essentially destroyed by a brain tumor is the best thing about "The Music Never Stopped." 'The Music Never Stopped': J.K. Simmons memorable as a distraught father 2011-03-31T20:36:06Z

Now technology is so good that people can essentially record alone in their bedrooms, and they do. Grohl's 'Sound City' film explores human element 2013-01-31T17:21:09Z

Mr. Greengrass filmed “Green Zone” in Morocco, Spain and England in 2008, and was essentially done editing and scoring the film six months ago. Film: ?Bourne? Team Takes a Chance With Iraq War 2010-02-27T02:51:00Z

To celebrate her company’s 25 years, the choreographer Susan Marshall has taken over two spaces at the Baryshnikov Arts Center to show, essentially, two sides of her artistic self. Dance Review: A Choreographer?s 2 Sides, Cut From the Same Cloth 2011-06-10T21:58:27Z

In the next paragraph Johnson referred to African migrants, writing: "they too are here essentially searching for food". Writers and academics protest over 'racist' LRB blogpost 2010-07-21T16:17:00Z

This year’s best picture Oscar was technically a nine-horse race, but it was reduced to, and will be remembered as, essentially Moonlight v La La Land. Don't let that Oscars blunder overshadow Moonlight's monumental achievement 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

The opportunity offered by Sony to present the debut of a film with recognizable names, and a story line that resonated with its audience, was essentially irresistible. Film Has a Dog and Two Big Names, but No Big Screens 2010-09-24T15:12:00Z

When one of her novels was panned in The New York Times Book Review in the late 1970s, she essentially curled up into a fetal ball for months. Riff: A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical 2012-08-15T15:40:06Z

Registering as a sex offender automatically imposes scores of restrictions on convicts’ lives, which is essentially why most people favor them. It’s a sex crime not to report a change of address 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

It isn’t essentially a home for a visionary orchestra busily reinventing an art form, as is the case with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Disney. What does this critic hear at the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall? The sound of the future 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

Most hotels use what’s called cold air diffusion, essentially a nebulizer that converts cool air and scented oil into a fine mist. A bed, a bath and a whiff of jasmine: Hotels try to lure customers with signature scents 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z

He wants Anastasia to sign a contract that essentially allows him to tie her up and spank her at will. The Shy British Mum Behind 50 Shades of Grey 2012-03-29T14:55:38Z

If it had been about a person who had essentially been approved of, then it would have been fine. Mark-Anthony Turnage: A life in music 2011-01-22T07:59:00Z

I think people miss, because of the viral hashtag, people miss that Me Too is essentially about healing and about action, and it's about a way to build community first between survivors. Me Too founder on her healing memoir and creating change: "All of us contribute to rape culture" 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Spencer essentially has two jobs now — editing OK and Reality Weekly. Reality TV?s Instant Stars Populate a Magazine 2011-11-14T00:10:31Z

Nearby restaurant Plan Check Kitchen + Bar, known for its ketchup “leathers,” which are essentially dehydrated squares of freshly made ketchup, also features a Sriracha version on its burgers and pork-belly Benedict. In Los Angeles, Sriracha fans line up for the hottest tour in town 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

It was essentially just a sheet of paper with some words typed on it, but I had a feeling that it looked like it wasn’t made up.” Hollywood calls for the whistleblower who risked jail over Iraq ‘dirty tricks’ 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

"The two constructs are essentially measuring the same thing," Brown said, so putting people in one category rather than another was "meaningless." Happiness study draws frowns from critics 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

It has given an essentially local tale – Robin's banditry somewhere in northern England – a context never intended in the 15th-century ballads on which the Robin Hood mythos is based. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z

It's dazzlingly modern and in-your-face, even though it's essentially just a bunch of different typefaces. Anne Billson: Saul Bass, Richard Williams and the fascinating history of cinema's opening credits 2010-09-23T22:14:00Z

Manhattan as Susan Superstar, a vaguely autobiographical version of herself, and died, essentially burned out from drugs and alcohol, at the age of 28. “Plimpton!” doc tells tale of literary heavyweight 2013-05-28T20:05:00Z

Both are essentially left to navigate life and figure out their fates on their own. 'Sound of Music,' 'Pretty Woman' heroines so similar, yet so different 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

What were essentially sketches were treated as blueprints for multibillion-dollar structures. Memories at Ground Zero 2011-07-30T23:03:01Z

It only takes about 20 minutes of screen time to realize that yes, she is, and that Jason Reitman’s film is essentially a brutally honest character study of a woman in the process of imploding. Holiday Movie Warning: Descendants, Young Adult Are Not the Fun Family Escapes Advertised 2011-12-20T16:58:09Z

It’s essentially a pageant of man-made calamity, the mingled one-note tales of rich and poor voyagers headed to America with storied pasts or grand hopes. Voices raised ebulliently, passengers of ‘Titanic’ head for the deep 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

As a result, hiking the coast is essentially possible only during the three hours before and after low tide — six-hour windows that may or may not line up favorably with the daylight. Explorer: Hiking Washington State’s Rocky Olympic Coast 2012-07-13T16:31:29Z

Even by the standards of chase narratives, which is what many of the mythology episodes essentially are, the plots are the same, which is mercilessly clear when they’re viewed in short succession. Rewatching the X-Files: my 50-episode binge 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Lottery players are essentially buying dreams they might not otherwise have. Viral video news memes bring fame – but still feel almost racist 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Men and women practise what is known as a “walking marriage” – an elegant term for what are essentially furtive, nocturnal hook-ups with lovers known as “axia”. The kingdom of women: the Tibetan tribe where a man is never the boss 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

One reason the current season isn’t doing well in the ratings is that the show is essentially a rerun-in-progress. The TV Watch: ?Law & Order?: Soon to Be Gone but Not Forgotten 2010-05-16T21:40:00Z

Giving essentially equal weight to multiple characters and situations, it rarely persuades us to care about any of them. Review: In ‘The Place We Built,’ Politics Grip a Hungarian Bar 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

Chandor: Yeah, the sort of gag of the movie is essentially it’s structured like a classical gangster movie, and so the beginning of the movie she’s the femme fatale gangster’s wife. Five top film directors on tipsy chats, mysterious packages and more 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

The country's Building Standards Act of 1950 requires that all new wooden structures be built using modern construction methods, which essentially rendered older buildings obsolete, no matter how structurally sound they might be. Old machiya houses in Japan's Kyoto given new lease of life by niche loans 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

It's essentially a romance, said McCartney, following a star-crossed love affair between the "daughter of the ocean" and the brother of the Earth King. Paul McCartney composes orchestral work for New York City Ballet 2011-02-24T10:57:30Z

In a curious programming twist, music from early-19th-century Vienna, where the waltz was essentially perfected by composers such as Lanner and the father and son Johann Strauss, was not heard. Baltimore Symphony goes waltzing without the usual partners 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

Despite the extremes of sad experience they depict, both “Small Craft Warnings” and “Vieux Carré” are fairly conventional in structure, essentially in the tradition of earlier Williams work. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z

In their memo, Pascal and Lynton essentially confirmed the authenticity of the data. Sony tries to contain damage as hackers leak more data 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

It's essentially a commonplace book, composed in the form of a book of days, which seeks to affront and arrest the reader with reminders of man's inhumanity to man. Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History by Eduardo Galeano – review 2013-05-17T10:46:43Z

Through some weird blunder of capitalism, the theater chains have built a massive infrastructure and consumer culture for what is essentially a niche art form. The Misunderstanding of 3-D 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

Another gender requires new art assets, animations and sound effects, essentially doubling the work required of game makers. Games likely to follow Pentagon on women in combat 2013-02-01T14:37:22Z

As it is, he and the director, Terry Kinney, manage to stretch what is essentially a single dumb movie star joke into 100 minutes of arduous, repetitive and occasionally hilarious stage time. ‘The Money Shot,’ by Neil LaBute, Satirizes Hollywood 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

The library bore no hard feelings, or sense that Simon wasted their precious time, essentially telling him in the press release don’t think twice; it’s all right. A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

Cerveris said in an email last week that the first act was essentially complete at the time of the workshop, and the second was “sketched out, but still awaiting much of the music.” Sondheim Musical, in Development for Years, Looks Unlikely 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

It's essentially the tale of a man who finds himself caught up in a terrible crime, and realizing that it wasn't much of a step for him to get there. Greg Kinnear slips into character as a swindler on 'Thin Ice' 2012-02-16T21:35:11Z

Stancil, a lawyer and researcher, is working from home to remedy long-term racial inequality in schools and housing — as President Trump is now promising to essentially segregate the suburbs. November may be the darkest month Americans have seen in a long time 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

The "Entourage" movie essentially begins where the series ended. 'Entourage' bros and their high jinks might not be so welcome anymore 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

They're then deposited into what essentially looks like a big clothes dryer where they roll around until they are broken into uniform bits. You don't have to be a skilled decorator to make these cute, flavorful holiday shortbread cookies 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

“It’s slightly summarized, but the dialogue is essentially the same,” Mouawad said. With a Rare ‘Oedipe,’ the Paris Opera Pulls Together 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The job of the L.A.F.D.’s arson investigators is even more challenging in a climate-changing California: the threat of devastating fires has essentially gone year-round. Who Would Firebomb a Homeless Encampment? 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

Confused Guy: So, essentially, you’re ashamed to be with her and ashamed to break up with her. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A boyfriend is putting too much weight in the views of others 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

But he said he sees the purpose of them, and that what he looks for as a juror is “essentially that sense of someone making a difference.” Elim Chan’s Flick Conducting Prize Is Rare Win for a Woman 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Watson’s vigilantism hasn’t gone unchecked: At the end, the film notes that he is still subject to an Interpol “red notice” — essentially an international “wanted” poster — requested by the Japanese authorities. ‘Watson’ Review: Environmentalism on the High Seas 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Whichever way they thought the balance tipped, the students interviewed essentially believed the “he chases, she submits” paradigm was no big deal. Motherlode: After Class, Skimpy Equality ? Motherlode 2011-08-26T21:03:49Z

The original Whitney building, designed in 1966 by Marcel Breuer, was essentially a sold block of gray granite and was considered a landmark of the “brutalist” school of architecture. Michael Graves, innovative architect and designer, dies at 80 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z

“They can think about getting fat” as they munch from candy bowls made essentially of industrial waste, he said. A Penitent Reflects on the Wilderness 2010-09-16T04:00:00Z

It is still essentially an acoustic instrument, with the physicality and textures of the real thing. Pat Metheny: The Orchestrion Project – review 2013-02-10T00:05:08Z

“They are essentially doing business with a white supremacist. That’s what that decision means.” Gucci Is Staying in Trump Tower 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Oddest of all, for an adaptation of a novel that makes a viscerally convincing case for the essentially erotic nature of literature, she doesn’t read. A Deflated Adaptation of the Singular Cult Novel “I Love Dick” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

Although the caves and their remarkable contents were never entirely forgotten, they were essentially abandoned for 400 years. The Getty's 'Cave Temples of Dunhuang': How ancient desert outpost became remarkable global crossroads 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

Highs in the 80s and lows in the 70s, with a refreshing breeze and warm ocean water temperatures . . . essentially my idea of heaven on Earth! Enchantment under the sea — with whales — in Tahiti 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

The group’s stated mission is essentially to help bolster ties between the United States and foreign countries by covering its culture and entertainment industry. The Golden Globes’ Biggest Winner May Be the Group That Hands Them Out 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Like “The Downtown Show” or “The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year, this exhibition is essentially another preliminary history of art in the ’70s and ’80s. 2010-01-15T06:00:00Z

Ever since elementary school I was writing songs, and I`ve essentially been able to survive by writing. Lou Reed, legendary rock pioneer, dead at 71 2013-10-27T22:51:00Z

Why did you end the movie with, essentially, a cliffhanger teasing another movie that’s never going to come? Zack Snyder’s Rough and Tumble Ride With ‘Justice League’ 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

The "Harry Potter" author continued to voice her beliefs in blog posts and even a 3,500-word essay, asserting that transgender rights essentially threatens the women's rights movement. Ralph Fiennes slams criticism of J.K. Rowling as "verbal abuse" and cancel culture lacking "nuance" 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

Wilson structures “A Magical World” as essentially a series of lightly sketched biographies of the era’s most prominent theologians, philosophers, physicians, cosmographers and antiquaries. Review | How scientists came to be 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

He was essentially an essayist with a brush, but a highly entertaining one. Art Review: ‘Toxic Beauty: The Art of Frank Moore’ at N.Y.U. 2012-09-06T22:07:05Z

The new one is called Terminal 2 — The Queen’s Terminal, and is essentially half of what Heathrow intends to build. At London's Heathrow, a New Terminal and an Uncertain Future 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

Since we were using Starbucks essentially for our own commercial purposes, I kept my time there to a minimum so that I didn’t become one of the laptop trolls highlighted in this article. What to Do When Laptops and Silence Take Over Your Cafe? 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

To some readers, the ideal screen adaptation is essentially a video illustration of the book: the thing that was in our heads, projected for us on a screen. ‘Game of Thrones’ Has Moved Past Its Blueprint, and That’s a Good Thing 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z

Bush said Cliburn charmed friends and foes alike and essentially was a diplomat. Bush: Van Cliburn spread peace through music 2013-03-03T21:46:08Z

"We believe the Brevard County Public Library System is indulging in an act of censorship, and essentially is saying to library patrons: `We will judge what you can read,'" Bogaards wrote in an email. 'Fifty Shades' too steamy for some library shelves 2012-05-09T19:41:42Z

“That was a transformative change, because essentially what the Affordable Care Act did was incentivize hospitals to keep people healthier in the community.” Hospitals aren’t where you expect to find healthy, creative food. But why not? 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

No two productions are ever quite the same so this is essentially a unique occurrence. Ayckbourn fans pay to go backstage 2013-07-23T13:03:04Z

City Opera was essentially shut down for a season, and it watched its endowment dwindle, as funds were tapped for operating expenses. City Opera Faces Hard Times With Daring 2010-12-18T23:20:19Z

It essentially becomes background music to a series of Websterian verbal highlights. The Duchess of Malfi 2010-07-14T11:57:00Z

This multi-billion dollar company was essentially founded on a single style of driving shoe, one whose wearer is more likely behind the wheel of a Maserati than a Toyota Corolla. Zegna Turns Jackets Into a World View 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z

Building out the news business of the future at their behest is essentially as totalitarian as it gets. Can the news be saved?: 2017’s emerging media outlets face just as many challenges as old media 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z

She is minimizing the disruption a pregnancy and new baby presents because essentially that’s her job. Marissa Mayer’s new job 2012-07-17T23:13:00Z

For the first six years of the Baker run, there was essentially a house composer, Dudley Simpson, who wrote near-continuous underscoring that was performed by varied chamber ensembles. The Music of “Doctor Who” Makes a Glorious Return to Form 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

And I remember back then — because, essentially, I’m a ’60s creature — my partner of the time, and people like that, were keen to get me topiaried into a mullet. Exclusive world premiere of “Robyn Hitchcock” by Robyn Hitchcock 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

In other words, she is not willing to remove her scented products while we are visiting, so I am now essentially disinvited. Carolyn Hax: Her feeling of being slighted doesn’t pass the sniff test 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Rather, in “venting,” one is essentially stoking the fire. The gym class wars: Was I glorifying violence with these physical education games? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

The cousins no longer speak, according to the filing, and “are essentially unable even to be in the same room together.” It’s the golden age of the swab, a 99-year-old invention that has never been more crucial 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

"This show essentially has two strikes against it to begin with," said Filichia, who, like other critics, will wait to see the show once it is ready for review. Debut of `Spider-Man' on Broadway is a rocky one 2010-11-29T22:31:00Z

But the playwright's artistic, spiritual side is found in Marchbanks who, as with many of the dramatist's protagonists, is essentially an outsider. Candida – review 2013-07-11T13:23:00Z

In prose that adroitly mixes the prosaic and the poetic, Mr. Rebanks, 40, evokes a world essentially unknown to the 16 million tourists who visit the Lake District each year. James Rebanks, Man of Sheep, Man of Letters 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

I consider it essentially a tender rescue myth, an Orpheus and Eurydice-type story repurposed to feature familial instead of romantic love and made startling by a bravely happy ending. For ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Fans, an Audiobook That Celebrates Madeleine L’Engle 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z

Time discusses how Browder, an adopted foster child, was essentially born into the custody of child welfare, and how that shaped his life. Kalief Browder: Spike TV series examines a 'broken' criminal justice system 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

The comte's experiment has a serious intention: to prove that all humans are essentially the same, irrespective of race or religious tradition. Jacob's Folly by Rebecca Miller – review 2013-06-15T16:00:01Z

Spiced with some dissonances but essentially accessible, the works on the program were all in a style with which Ms. Vinokur is clearly comfortable. Music Review: Olga Vinokur in Recital at Bargemusic 2013-01-04T22:37:50Z

But he treated this program of comic scenes as essentially another full production, beginning rehearsals in December. Opera Review: Evening of Comic Opera From the Met and Juilliard 2014-02-12T22:23:45Z

On the first question, Johnson held the eccentric view that since secession wasn’t constitutional, it had, essentially, never happened. The First Presidential Impeachment 2019-05-18T04:00:00Z

Every time he does something outrageous Florence shakes its fist and shouts "Da Vinci!" in the manner of a long-suffering sitcom dad chastising an accident-prone but essentially loveable beagle. Da Vinci's Demons: forget historical accuracy and marvel at Leonardo 2013-04-27T05:00:00Z

This fall it essentially turned much of its daytime schedule over to Martha Stewart, who moved her show to cable from local broadcasters, and is letting Stewart's company produce other lifestyle-oriented programming. Other networks aimed at women waiting for OWN 2010-12-20T14:04:17Z

The critic Adam Kirsch, writing in The Times Book Review in 1999, noted, accurately enough, that “in his autobiographical essays he goes out of his way to tell us that he is essentially a peasant.” Critic?s Notebook: Making Rare Appearance: People and Their Appetites 2011-08-10T04:28:58Z

But essentially this author took her material from the deceptions, desolation and cruelty of humankind. Dame Beryl Bainbridge obituary 2010-07-02T12:46:00Z

Meatballs are essentially hand-formed sausages, so you want to mix enthusiastically to ensure the ingredients are emulsified. New meatballs from Sohla! Which will you make first? 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

ABC took a gamble on Peyton Place, scheduling what was essentially a soap opera in prime time three times a week. Oscar winner Dorothy Malone, mom on Peyton Place, has died 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

The English novel is essentially middle-class, a novel on the defensive, conservative, attempting to protect the English way of life, the English country way of life, against town life and against cosmopolitanism. How the Edinburgh writers' conference changed the world of literature 2012-08-11T15:58:34Z

When it was new, “Die Zauberflöte,” however sublime its arias and choruses, would have been seen, like other singspiels, as a combination of carnival and vaudeville, an essentially popular entertainment. This Conductor’s Mozart Isn’t for the Faint of Ear 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

This is the jargon through which the essentially cannibalistic nature of the gig economy is dressed up as an aesthetic. The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

In “Midsummer” the bug chorus is interwoven with the action of the story; they’re essentially its corps de ballet. PNB students land a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ job 2014-04-02T23:39:37Z

One new idea that's gaining attention is the concept of food forests — essentially, edible parks. Food forests are bringing shade and sustenance to US cities, one parcel of land at a time 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

Johnson and Nixon were essentially able to look the other way. The Reconciliation Must Be Televised 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

It's a good beat, but essentially, I'm the bad guy chasing him for the money and I have henchmen who are my muscle. Eric Bogosian breaks down "Uncut Gems" and Adam Sandler's "amazing" performance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

The idea of acquiring self- understanding from an extreme situation is also invoked in the form of a parable early in the novel, essentially setting the agenda for what follows. Book review: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ by Martin Amis

He even uses it as the model for a pike, essentially a bowie knife at the end of a six-foot pole. Q&A: Richard Linklater on America’s Ignored Monuments 2012-08-24T20:33:56Z

The release of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" essentially kicks off Hollywood's summer season and its annual parade of sequels and spectacle. 'Spider-Man 2' ropes in $92 million opening 2014-05-05T13:03:30Z

“This particular piece could essentially go anywhere in the world and satisfy structural codes just because it’s so robust,” he said. In Washington, a Beloved Birthplace for Artistic Giants 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

It was essentially a casualty of Disney’s acquisition of Fox and was released without much fanfare. New this week: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and Paul McCartney 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

This warm and surprising debut follows father and son as they come to know each other and essentially fall in love. Newly Released Books 2011-03-16T21:19:35Z

Like the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, the military brass thought it their duty to protect the guilty — essentially, protect a corrupt system — and punish the victim. The Invisible War: When Soldiers Rape Soldiers 2012-06-20T15:00:57Z

Maybe the most essentially Girls moment of the second-season premiere of Girls involved Jessa, who was in the episode barely a minute. Girls Watch: Don’t Tell Me You Love Me 2013-01-14T15:06:57Z

Remember, your furnace and/or air conditioner is essentially a whole-house filtration system, and thus may negate the need for an air purifier. What you need to know about air purifiers, including little evidence of health benefits 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The plot, which is essentially "The Big Chill" with jokes about flatulence and bunions, finds these five childhood friends reuniting for the funeral of the basketball coach who led them to a championship in 1978. Capsule reviews: `Knight and Day' and others 2010-06-24T20:48:00Z

Tate Modern is increasingly engaged with processes of globalisation that make less relevant the idea that modern art is an essentially western European and north American project. Tate Britain: On the move 2013-05-03T18:40:01Z

“Brighton Rock” is essentially a three-character drama rooted in Brighton’s seedy underworld. | 'Brighton Rock': ?Brighton Rock,? Film of Graham Greene Novel - Review 2011-08-25T23:02:20Z

But for all its intellectual scaffolding, “Kraft” is essentially the story of a man realizing what a jerk he’s been. Review | In ‘Kraft,’ German author Jonas Lüscher pokes fun at Silicon Valley’s shiny elitism and rabid faith in technology 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

There is essentially no reason why many roles can't be played by either black or white actors. Oscar nominations shoot down Hollywood's black swans 2011-02-07T15:57:45Z

They are essentially inert, and will be just as uninteresting at the end of the bottle as they were at the beginning. From Lebanon, Bottles That Reward Diving Below the Surface 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

But for decades the institution has struggled over whether to remain essentially a 19th-century-style club or to become more of a conventional museum. Academy Museum Struggling to Recover 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

She essentially discovered me and put me in print for the first time. Madeline Stuart Talks About Getting Her Big Design Break in Hollywood 2014-02-18T05:00:00Z

In the 1820s, he sailed on ships "of dubious character" and, as the Huntington politely puts it, "was essentially a pirate." Jane Austen family letters, 'Wicked Ned' works acquired by Huntington 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

What you have to do is embrace it and find a way to get along, essentially to get along with it. Poet Nikki Giovanni shares her wisdom about Biden, cowardly racism, and why love is a pineapple 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

When Olivier and I met, six years earlier – a Frenchman and an American at a party above a Polish restaurant in London – our slate was essentially blank. I fell for a Frenchman, but didn’t speak the language | Lauren Collins 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

The modern surgical mask — essentially multiple layers of gauze — dates to the late 1800s. Masks are here to stay. And they’re quickly becoming a way to express ourselves. 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

The band then paused, but didn’t leave the stage, before roaring into a trio of crowd-pleasers that were essentially encores, culminating in “Stop Making This Hurt.” Indie-pop impresario Jack Antonoff and his band Bleachers wow the crowd at a sold-out Anthem 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

There may be a superficial escape – into different countries, mores, speech patterns – but what you are essentially doing is furthering your understanding of life's subtleties, paradoxes, joys, pains and truths. Julian Barnes: my life as a bibliophile 2012-06-29T21:55:18Z

He goes to an engagement party where his friends tell him he’s going to die alone, and his chances of meeting a Muslim girl in New Jersey are essentially nil. Ramy: culture-clash comedy with a deeper message 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z

As attendance swells and dot-stickers proliferate, a blank domestic space is essentially transformed into a walk-in bag of Wonder Bread. Yayoi Kusama at the Broad: Lots of mirrors, not so much artistic reflection 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z

“Remember, in space we are all essentially aliens,” he added. For Latino Artists in Sci-Fi Show, Everyone’s an Alien 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

Like many rationalizations in life — all, essentially, variations on the dog-ate-my-homework plea from childhood — these are little lies we tell ourselves to justify our behavior. How to brew better coffee at home (and save money) in 5 easy steps 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

It's a book handwritten by Henri Justament, a ballet master for the Paris Opera in the 1860s, with essentially the entire staging of the ballet sketched out. PNB turns old documents into a new 'Giselle' 2011-05-25T21:51:07Z

If the settlement also includes a nondisclosure agreement — essentially, “we pay, and you keep your mouth shut” — the whole subject goes quiet again, at least from Carlson. Gretchen Carlson is close to settling her case against Ailes. Let’s hope she doesn’t. 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

Although momentarily shunned by the major talent managers of the entertainment industry, he is also essentially a free agent — a situation he has long sought. Can Kanye West Find Refuge, or Money, in Music? 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z

That an accessible third course of action — an abortion — goes essentially ignored by both Natalie and the screenwriter, April Prosser, is a mind-boggling factor in this otherwise predictable movie. ‘Look Both Ways’ Review: To Be and Not to Be 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

The design was also heavily criticized for placing only white women on the pedestal — essentially continuing the erasure of Black women’s contributions to the suffrage movement. For Three Suffragists, a Monument Well Past Due 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Orlick, who is also colorblind, said that the muted pastels meant that the painting was essentially just white for him. Making Art Accessible for All 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

“Woundwork” is essentially a double pas de deux, where your eye is kept moving from one gorgeous moment to another, as they happen simultaneously across the stage. Critic’s Notebook: William Forsythe Revival at Paris Opera Ballet 2012-12-28T21:15:47Z

Now, the distribution cost of bad information is essentially free, with none of the liability of traditional media. Misdirection, Fake News and Lies: The Best Books to Read on Disinformation 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

He was essentially a failed marine biologist who went into cartooning because he was better at it, working first on the Nickelodeon show Rocko’s Modern Life. Stephen Hillenburg: the naive genius who made SpongeBob a cultural titan 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

It may be as close as we come to physical chess, or a kind of chess in which the mind and body are at one in attacking essentially mathematical problems. David Foster Wallace’s Perfect Game 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

All of Italy is essentially a coastline — you’re never more than a few hours away from a sea view. It seems like the whole world has followed George Clooney to Lake Como. Try this alternative. 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

Many said, essentially, that he was unformed but promising. Ornette Coleman, Jazz Innovator, Dies at 85 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

The Republican vote was essentially a popularity contest among those who attended, and at some caucus sites there are no paper records of the vote. Romney wins by 8 votes in Iowa caucuses 2012-01-04T12:10:00Z

Many opera companies and orchestras present summer seasons called festivals that are essentially more of the same. She Made Glimmerglass a True Festival. Now She’s Moving On. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

The original transcripts are arranged and lightly edited as, essentially, found poetry. How poetry can be written after Auschwitz 2011-01-11T13:02:06Z

Schwarcz was ever conscious, he said, of not burdening the reader with too much drama, respecting what he considers an essentially collaborative relationship. A Publishing Superstar Whose Memoir Shuns Glitz to Explore Private Torment 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

“But to kill your days is essentially to shorten your own life.” Prison Is a Great Place to Get Reading Done 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

These characters are essentially strangers to each other. Barry Jenkins Narrates a Scene From ‘Moonlight’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

Installed in the north transept, an open-air, courtyardlike space since a fire destroyed its roof in 2001, the piece is essentially two cages, one inside the other, made of metal fencing topped by razor wire. Art Review: Jane Alexander’s Work at St. John the Divine 2013-04-25T20:34:53Z

I really, I mean, essentially I'm a character actor and I'm looking for characters and they may be the lead. Eric Bana on making Aussie thriller "The Dry" in his hometown and escaping "the comedy straitjacket" 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

It never fails to jolt my eye or remind me that art history is essentially nonlinear and full of overlooked treasures awaiting rediscovery. At the Met, a Canvas Ahead of Its Time 2011-07-14T22:50:44Z

“We are essentially not punk anymore, because punk bands don’t have lawyers,” said Mr. Cox, who also manages the band. Six Hopefuls Worth Watching at the CMJ Music Marathon 2012-10-15T21:47:30Z

And she is walking away from what is essentially a free graduate degree: As one of USC’s International Artist Fellows, Kwon’s tuition and expenses were fully covered. 'I was participating in a sham': Lone MFA student at USC Roski art school withdraws via searing statement 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The sort of magazine it envisions — essentially Ms., if it added beefcake centerfolds and became a newsstand blockbuster — didn’t exist. Review: ‘Minx’ Returns, Confident and Fully Exposed 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z

The Film Council was essentially the most sophisticated method found so far to deal with the lottery money, and I simply don't believe any existing body will do a better job. Film Council axemen could murder an industry 2010-07-26T16:56:00Z

These really wrongheaded ideas — but also, frankly, straight-up unapologetic racism — were baked into the infrastructural decisions of the city, essentially by one person.” Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ is a passion project both personal and professional 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

The fruit layer here is a pear puree, essentially applesauce made with pears. This pretty breakfast Danish is as easy to make as a toaster waffle 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

Dany takes the advice to heart and sends Jorah away, after which Jorah returns to the slave owner demanding he be able to return to the fighting pits and, essentially, giving away his life. “Game of Thrones” recap: An epic battle previews the horror of winter to come 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

Her long career is essentially a chronology of abandoned ideals. Trump’s government was a very bleak workplace for many. Then it shut down. 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

Like all Coop workslots, Gazette jobs were essentially volunteer, done well or poorly depending on who did them and what problems life threw at people the week they did their workslot. Running the Park Slope Food Coop newsletter taught me not to believe in conspiracy theories 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

His criminal enterprise reduced essentially to a lone henchman, Nails, Frank initiated the escape plan. 'True Detective' Recap: Paying the Price 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z

As in most Japanese role-playing games, the player customizes each character’s weapons and controls individual fighting moves but has essentially zero control over the overall plotting. Video Game Review: Chaos Rings: Answering the Call From iPhone Gamers 2010-04-23T23:34:00Z

That’s because one of its representatives already told you to buy a replacement ticket, essentially agreeing to cover your costs. Why won’t travel insurance cover my flight delay? 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

He said that while most of the shows were “essentially just trolling for your attention” there were also more insidious underlying motivations. John Oliver on NRA TV: 'Just a vessel to sell America guns' 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

But when he returned a few years later to create the country’s first official art museum — essentially, a national gallery before the National Gallery — he was embraced as a civic hero. A Partial Look at the Corcoran Collection 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

In fact, the allegation most often levelled at a confessional essayist tends to be that they are writing in a trite and essentially superficial way about themselves: the literary equivalent of navel-gazing. Confessions in new women's lit: Emily Gould, Meghan Daum and Sloane Crosley 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z

Tiny lots of an essentially handmade spirit are costly. With Mezcal, Smoke Is Only Part of the Story 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

And based on your following, and based on your content and how much value they see in you, brands will pay for marketing, essentially. The man behind DCFoodPorn isn’t ‘eating doughnuts and chocolate cake and cheese bread for every meal’ 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

One part of her studio is essentially a storage facility. What Does a Dancing Body Feel Like in Ukraine? ‘I Am a Gun.’ 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

Tango is essentially a form of stylized walking; this pair, like great musicians, work in firm legato phrases. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analía Centurión Dance Tango 2013-08-12T21:40:10Z

An American city as important as Detroit would have never been essentially discarded if it had been 85% white instead of 85% black. ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Mark Binelli on His Book 'Detroit City Is the Place to Be' 2012-12-05T19:36:36Z

The outfit is essentially a shirt with a music note logo - similar to TikTok’s logo - inside of a circle with a slash through it, like the Ghostbusters logo. Skimpy 'Banned App' TikTok-inspired Halloween costume sells out 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

To suggest otherwise is to tell women, essentially, that their only chance at harmony is to acquiesce to doing more work than their partners because that’s what we’ve been socialized to do. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Feeling overworked at home? Don’t hesitate to speak out. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

His increasingly private life and determination to keep making movies has essentially repaired his hurt reputation. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

There is something essentially Liverpudlian about Matthew Street, in the centre of the markets and warehouses, where a dray horse with flowered bonnet stands by the Cavern entrance oblivious to the beatniks and the noise. The Beatles: a trigger for a musical revolution 2012-10-04T09:56:03Z

What’s worse: By building these invisible barriers of protection around myself, I was essentially asking my would-be boyfriends to try and get through them. How to Escape the Friend Zone 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

They remind us that all deaths, however quiet, are essentially violent. Review | In the galleries: Artistic reflections on what mortality leaves behind 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

On reflection, the fact that Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's blighted second album essentially consisted of four long jams may have indicated a lack of material. Readers recommend: songs about mirrors – results 2012-08-16T09:11:32Z

In key scenes, the velociraptor Blue is essentially an elaborate puppet. In ‘Jurassic World,’ Old-School Effects Make a Comeback 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

Saved from real viciousness by an essentially kind heart and a dry sense of humor, Olive, whom we meet in middle age, takes a dim view of most things. Deceptively simple 'Olive Kitteridge' unfolds as work of art 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Later, Tempest recited the prologue of “The Bricks That Built the Houses,” which is essentially a prose poem about her characters loving and leaving their London neighborhood. Kate Tempest’s Transformations 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

What you're doing essentially is giving us the building blocks we need. James Beard Award winner Dominique Ansel heralds a message for the times: "Everyone can bake" 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

The jury “is essentially saying too much free speech is dangerous. There are a lot of people who are disgusted with the way the media is corrupting the public sphere.” Hulk Hogan’s $140.1 million KO in courtroom could have ‘chilling effect’ on media 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

By literary genre, essentially: if it was written on the toilet wall but didn't appear in satire, it was likely to be properly rude. Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr – review 2013-05-23T06:30:19Z

He claims that his painting and music are essentially the same, but also sees valuable differences in his processes. Cult favorite John Lurie is back, with an old alter ego 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

We’d like to think, most of us, that we are essentially quiet; that is, considerate of our fellow human beings without being mousy and limp and blah. Books: Meditations on Noise in 3 Books About Silence 2010-05-17T22:17:00Z

Long’s big issues were essentially liberal ones: health care, infrastructure, schools. ‘All the King’s Men,’ Now 70, Has a Touch of 2016 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

The set — essentially a vast platform made up of 24 rotating planks mounted on a crossbar that can rise and fall — is the biggest and most complicated piece of machinery ever used at the house. The Gods Are Stranded as Set Misfires 2010-09-28T22:00:00Z

The Japanese enjoyed a major structural advantage in this area: a constant need for reference materials and photographic evidence to replicate imported fashion as an essentially alien culture. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

It's a shame that the opera isn't performed very often, and the story is not given interpretation, because of an essentially racist demand by the Gershwin estate. ‘Porgy and Bess’ With a White Cast Stirs Controversy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

It’s essentially a series of 15-minute micro-sets presented in seamless, steamrolling succession — and it follows the same pleasure principles as listening to the radio. The queen of this year’s Jingle Ball? Her crown is a beanie. 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

We were introduced to Lawrence in Season 1 in, essentially, his Best Buy polo shirt and sweatpants. The Inspiration Behind the Great Clothes on ‘Insecure’ 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z

The 1959 Maleficent, with her pointy horns and voluminous black and purple cape, is essentially ticked off because she wasn't invited to a baby shower. The baby-cursing Maleficent gets to show a softer, less-wicked side 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

The movie’s compact seventy-eight minutes should help to make clear that Mankiewicz was both a director with an incisive visual sensibility and also an essentially political filmmaker—perhaps the exemplary Hollywood liberal. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Rare "Escape" 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

These handling and gentling exercises will essentially be like playing doctor with your puppy. 5 puppy training tips no one ever tells you 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

The new series, which sees the contestants throwing figurative – and literal – punches at one another and their chaperones while being instructed in "refainment" is essentially My Fair Lady meets Bad Girls. Ladette To Lady needs to forget some of its reality TV etiquette 2010-07-21T12:28:00Z

It’s only because the group essentially dared me to do so that I sampled this recording side-by-side with its illustrious model. Recording review: Dover Quartet’s homage to its mentors 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Towards the end of the series, Corin Redgrave appears as a captured enemy combatant who essentially goes on hunger strike, smearing blood on the one-way mirror of his holding cell as a dirty protest. Ultraviolet - box set review 2013-07-25T14:00:02Z

That is, there’s essentially no first- or third-person narrator setting scenes for us, as almost all of the book — or the parts that really matter, anyway — originate from dialogue. Thank your lucky stars you don’t have Eddie Coyle’s friends 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z

For Wood, raised as a Christian, the battle remains essentially spiritual and philosophical. Review | What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

“It looks to be essentially ‘The Goldfinch’ of this year,” he said, referring to Donna Tartt’s best-selling novel. Anthony’s Doerr’s ‘All the Light We Cannot See’ Hits It Big 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

“Zion is essentially rusting from the top down.” Four seasons, four stunning national parks 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Though the raw, fierce dialogue is often very funny, the play is essentially about trust and whom to trust — when you don't yet trust yourself. This season, Broadway flouts its grit (and some glitz) 2011-06-03T18:24:03Z

The division between the two is stark as if the Serranos’ piercing meaning has been dulled and drained off with Currin’s pretty but essentially vacuous paintings. When we all smelled like teen spirit 2013-04-21T19:00:00Z

The piece is, essentially, about trying to find herself and a sense of stability in an unconventional family with Jewish, German and immigrant American elements. Review: ‘Hi, Hitler’ and Other Tales From a Lively Household 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z

If the caustic but essentially upbeat barrage techniques of “Marry Me” aren’t what you’re looking for, the quieter, slower, more mordant — which is to say, more British — humor of “Uncle” might be a good alternative. ‘Marry Me’ on NBC and ‘Uncle’ on DirecTV 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

And on subjects such as covering the Islamic State, it was essentially all men. Perspective | One news anchor decided to put more women on air. Now his idea has gone global. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

Instead of being bitter about hardly making any money on the book and essentially being hung out to dry by his publisher, Pickett admits to not leveraging the success of the film like many. You had me at Merlot: I forgive you Rex Pickett 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z

Much like a charcuterie board, a pancake board is essentially a large platter of pancakes and pancake paraphernalia arranged on a big wooden cheeseboard. What is a 'pancake board'? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

In conversation, Lin and Morgan have both described this movie as essentially the second half of the previous film, which actually does explain why the first half drags while the final climax rocks. Every 'Fast & Furious' Movie, Ranked From Worst to Best 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z

The young Mr. Morris essentially worked his way up, beginning as an after-school projectionist’s helper and finding work as a camera assistant at Wembley Studios after finishing secondary school. Oswald Morris, Artful Cinematographer, Is Dead at 98 2014-03-27T07:11:58Z

He essentially presided, in a living manifestation of hub-and-spoke architecture, over three families at once. The Dramas and Intrigues of Louis Kahn, Monumental Architect 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

It was, essentially, a humanist show—a drama about acuity, vitality, and resilience in the face of indifference, which was represented by the law. "The Good Wife" and the Good Life 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

The blood-brain barrier essentially made the brain into a "sanctuary" for the leukaemia cells. Cancer: The new normal? 2011-01-17T17:35:24Z

“Crime is essentially nonexistent. You could probably leave your camera on the table and no one would steal it.” A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

Because by that closing scene, Raylan Givens is essentially one of the most wanted fugitives of the marshal's office that gave him his star. 'Justified' 'Fugitive Number One' recap: blood and betrayal 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z

But if Chaney had a thousand faces, he, like many great stars, had essentially only one story to tell. Lon Chaney DVDs: ‘The Blackbird,’ ‘Tell It to the Marines’ 2012-06-01T21:55:22Z

“Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain” essentially repackages one of the comedian’s sold-out stand-up sets at Madison Square Garden, so there’s an understandable compulsion to want to dislike the movie. ‘Kevin Hart’: Comedian’s fast-paced, funny explanations 2013-07-03T00:31:06Z

Gray, essentially an absence of color, can be as practical as it is evocative, Ms. Krentcil added. Young Trendsetters Streak Their Hair With Gray 2010-04-01T18:37:00Z

Similarly, Yossi’s friends remain essentially enigmas, generic sidekicks without much to distinguish them beyond degrees of daring and propensity for bickering. Review: Braving Foot Rot and Fire Ants in the Amazon ‘Jungle’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

With Alex Scally playing undulating guitar lines and manipulating stately bass tones with foot pedals, the Beach House duo spends an hour sculpting what is essentially one long song. Pitchfork Day 3: Vampire Weekend, Ty Segall, Kendrick Lamar (and Lady Gaga?) 2012-07-16T05:11:00Z

In her memoir, she wrote that he had essentially held her prisoner during their relationship, surrounding her with guard dogs and taking away her shoes, among other erratic and psychologically abusive behavior. Ronnie Spector, Who Brought Edge to Girl-Group Sound, Dies at 78 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

She walked away from what was essentially a free graduate degree. After another student defection from its MFA program, what's the future of USC's Roski art school? 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

There is a larger statement overarching these magnificent digressions, and it is essentially a confessional. Review | The Met looks at the body, stripped of its old ‘whiteness’ 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

"Added sugar has essentially zero nutritional value and has been shown in medical research to increase risk of obesity and metabolic disease," Paul explains. These are the worst foods for your health, experts say 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

Was I the only one who thought Stage 2 was extremely underwhelming in light of Stage 1 essentially reducing the world's financial markets to ruin? ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 Finale: Fade to Black 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

Their social lives and societal awareness are essentially nonexistent; even the characters’ jobs exist only as places where they might meet a potential marital interloper. A Rich, Engrossing Family Saga, Spiked With Sisterly Malice 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

It’s essentially a rumination, it’s inert, it’s essentially inside one character’s head, very little time is passing. Ben Marcus: Jonathan Franzen’s cultural commentary is really embarrassing 2014-02-10T01:00:00Z

He continued, "Security was put in a position to be the prison guards, essentially." From spying to denying Britney sneakers, what two new films reveal about Spears' conservatorship 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Moralism holds that the purpose of art is essentially a question of morality; autonomism, or separatism, holds that aesthetics are entirely autonomous/separate from morality. R. Kelly: Does Liking His Album Mean You’ve Forgotten his Child Porn Charges? 2013-12-17T21:06:10Z

Under the deal, Amazon will essentially have the right of first refusal for any of Mr. Peele’s TV series. Jordan Peele Signs TV Deal With Amazon 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z

Our Western notion of religion as a private quest, a codified set of beliefs and practices that was essentially separate from all other activities, was a radical innovation. The Blame Game: Karen Armstrong Talks About 'Fields of Blood' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

This gets us to what is essentially the farmgate cost, or what the brand paid to the contract producers for the eggs before packing, marketing and distribution. Grocery supply chains: Understanding why eggs cost what they cost 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z

In the debate, Yale’s E. Talbot Donaldson championed an essentially humanistic approach to “Beowulf” and Chaucer, while Cornell’s Robert E. Kaske argued that theological commentary provides a master key to medieval imagery and meaning. Perspective | I did not spend my summer binge-watching TV. Here are the books I loved instead. 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

Madonna has never really been about “live” performance; her concerts are essentially theatrical exhibitions accompanied by piped in music. Madonna sells, sells, sells at Super Bowl halftime 2012-02-06T00:37:00Z

Walt’s imperial reign as an international drug importer was handled, essentially, in a montage–all business, all grinding clockwork. Breaking Bad Watch: Flush of Recognition 2012-09-04T11:34:18Z

They piled inside and essentially entered a commercial, with water, beer and liquor provided by sponsors. Music Review: Muscling Through a Murky, Hardcore Night in a Box 2011-07-31T22:03:29Z

For true éclat it was necessary to look to “Son of Saul”, a piece of high art imagining a low point of humanity, which won the Grand Prix—essentially the second prize. Beachcombing 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Stewart confesses he’ll be perfectly happy if he’s remembered essentially for just that role, and this admission seems to inspire in Mr. Shatner an emotional epiphany. Theater Review: ?Shatner?s World,? One-Man Show at the Music Box Theater 2012-02-17T03:00:01Z

We would be exploring the world beyond our perception — terrestrial and astral — but essentially discarding cynicism to focus on a belief system that sounds as fantastic as the idea that soul mates actually exist. Abandoning Doubt in Sedona, Arizona 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

The lawsuit claims that Kimball essentially stole company resources to create a competing venture, Milk Street, that, like ATK, includes radio, television and online presences. Six take-aways from America’s Test Kitchen’s lawsuit against Christopher Kimball 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hod says he thinks there’s a Catch-22 — that editors essentially argue against outing without proof while at the same time denying reporters the time and resources necessary to prove it. Itay Hod Says on Facebook That a Politician Is Gay, and Debate Follows 2014-01-15T23:25:39Z

The name refers to the Norwegian prince, who is essentially the last character standing amid the pile of corpses that concludes “Hamlet,” the one who lives to tell the tale. Banned in Belarus, but the Shows Go On 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

Blogs and social networking sites, she suggests, have replaced "an essentially reflective private activity … with instant communication, shared with hundreds of thousands of people". Events, Dear Boy, Events edited by Ruth Winstone - review 2012-12-26T07:00:04Z

As part of a negotiated plea deal, Polizzi pleaded guilty to one count of interfering with the quiet enjoyment of the beach - essentially disturbing the peace. Snooki to sign for fans after community service 2010-10-14T18:13:00Z

With its new plan, Blizzard is essentially trying to shut down the black markets and co-opt their business. Critic?s Notebook: In This Video Game, You Can Make Real Cash Through Virtual Trading 2011-08-01T21:35:37Z

If you think Threads turns out a bit grim, Riddley Walker is essentially the final scene, extended over 214 pages and a couple of millennia of civil degeneration. Why Riddley Walker rivals the Passion as the perfect Easter story 2013-04-01T09:00:02Z

The national image is essentially a metaphor, and that metaphor operates differently in the United States than outside. After Senate’s report on CIA interrogation tactics, it’s time to see who we really are 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z

Fans who were handed wrist bands at the door found the contraptions glowed in the dark at strategic moments, essentially turning the audience into its own light show. Concert review: Coldplay at United Center 2012-08-08T05:27:00Z

But they are, essentially, female Thor equivalents minus the ability to call down lightning, and carrying swords instead of hammers. The importance of being Sylvie, a Loki unlike any other, who named herself 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z

"I don't think it's a good idea to get the moderator into essentially serving as the Encyclopedia Britannica," Brown said. Moderator Lester Holt under scrutiny during debate 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, she was a nice person and not the least bit scandalized by my situation, so I essentially moved in with my big, green army bag in tow. I was a kept man 2013-04-08T01:00:00Z

But he and Gould feel more invested in life’s macabre absurdity than shock value, essentially delivering one from the heart. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

But that sound is still essentially the same. Music Review: Zola Jesus at the Knitting Factory ? Review 2011-10-19T22:05:25Z

But essentially this is a play about women driven to the extreme of what the text says only one woman has ever done before, which is to kill her own children. Modern 'Medea' in London stars Potter film's Helen McCrory 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

A decade ago, most websites run by designers and manufacturers were essentially digital pamphlets comprising images, descriptions and specifications of products you could buy somewhere else. Clicks to Bricks: Online Retailers Find the Lure of a Store 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

But Ms. Fleming is correct when she says that for the most part crossover refers to classical artists who claim pop pieces and perform them in essentially a classical manner. music: Ren?e Fleming?s Crossover to Rock, ?Dark Hope? 2010-05-28T14:47:00Z

He still lives here, but his concerts and records are spaced farther apart; since the beginning of the new century, he’s been working with various versions of the group Zooid, an essentially acoustic band. Henry Threadgill and Zooid at the Village Vanguard 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

They are entertaining because Jamie is so personable, but essentially they are instructive: get this pan on, your next ingredient in the oven, here's how to use your food processor properly. Appetite for change 2013-02-05T13:16:49Z

Mr. Shabalala was a proud Zulu and essentially apolitical, but there was a long history of tribal animosity, dating back centuries, between the Zulus and the Xhosa peoples. Paul Simon on Mandela’s Role in ‘Graceland’ 2013-12-13T22:42:19Z

But “Lovecraft Country,” which essentially uses her name as a kind of macabre Easter egg for its own purposes, ends up doing not much more than the history books that have overlooked her. The Unintended Racial Horror of ‘Lovecraft Country’ 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Fuegi’s book was unnecessarily vitriolic in tone, but groundbreaking, notable for its penetrating insight into theater’s essentially collective nature — and the author’s loathing for Bertolt Brecht. Stephen Parker’s new biography sets new stage for playwright Bertolt Brecht

This is essentially the good/bad appeal of "DC Universe Online." Game On: 'DC Universe Online' satisfies; 'Mindjack' doesn't 2011-02-01T21:13:05Z

His older brother Lenny is drawn to the high Anglo world around them, to the extent he calls himself "anti-semitic"; Duddy, himself, resents the intellectual socialism of his rich uncle, deriding its essentially submissive nature. Cannes 2013: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz – review 2013-05-24T11:27:24Z

The story is about long-lost twins, one a foster child, the other adopted by a wealthy family, who essentially swap places. Leslie Morgenstein?s Recipe for ?Lying Game,? ?Gossip Girl? 2011-08-27T04:00:17Z

Hrdlicka’s personality was as acerbic as his ethics were rocky; he essentially encouraged looting of human remains and aligned himself with the eugenics movement. ‘Bone Rooms’: Where scientific racists stored their ‘evidence’ 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

The directors were only convinced they'd made the right decision when they sat down to watch an "animatic" of the movie - essentially a moving storyboard with temporary music and sound effects. Sheep thrills as Shaun hits cinemas 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

What’s less certain, however, is how he really feels about Alexandria – living essentially in suburbia – and whether he still backs Rick or not. Why The Walking Dead season six could be the best yet 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

The pianist, playing the instrument essentially backward and upside down, moves through the space, etching sharp lines or curving patterns, and suddenly the reconfigured piano is something of a tutu. Museum Shows Leap Beyond The Frame 2010-12-26T02:23:54Z

A video uploaded to the restaurant’s Facebook page shows the robots in action, essentially looking like insulated boxes on wheels. Arizona pizza place uses new method to battle coronavirus: robots 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

SF is not hostile, essentially, to religion, but it is not comfortable with closed minds. Science fiction probes at religion 2011-07-11T16:02:01Z

Ms. Blythe is magnificent, but Ms. Lynch is timid, especially as the Sorceress, which is essentially a drag role. Review: Mark Morris Shows the Gift of Intricate Simplicity 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

As well as a story of a marriage, “The Americans” was a story of male friendship between two essentially lonely men. ‘The Americans,’ at Last, Lets Us Exhale 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Thankfully, Time Traveling Bong is, essentially, what you expect from its title – it still boils down to what Downs describes as “Quantum Leap for stoners”. Time Traveling Bong: Doctor Who for the 4/20 generation 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

“Vinted” or “cellared”: Murkier labels, these indicate essentially finished wines purchased in bulk and then given some sort of cellar treatment before bottling. Who grew the grapes in the wine you’re drinking? The label has some clues. 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Today, most people consider quiche a French dish that's essentially a savory pie. Coronation Quiche is outrageously expensive to make. Here are cheaper and healthier options 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

And there is essentially zero chance that Twitter, as it exists now, could be reconstituted on another platform. Mass migration from Twitter is likely to be an uphill battle – just ask ex-Tumblr users 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

“Juries are often told, essentially, ‘Listen to this song — but only listen to the original parts,’” Professor Buccafusco said. The ‘Blurred Lines’ Case Scared Songwriters. But Its Time May Be Up. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

Hoare himself believes that the book, which takes in journeys to Sri Lanka, New Zealand and the Azores, is essentially about "the sense of what is home". Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z

It can say very different things about relationships by doing essentially the same thing. "Scenes from a Marriage" boss Hagai Levi on empowering the wife to leave: "I have to fight for her" 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s a very complex situation, this cancel-culture, or this instant rush to judgment based on essentially what amounts to polluted air,” the 58-year-old actor responded. Johnny Depp: “Not one of you” is safe with “cancel culture” 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

By necessity, Part 1 is essentially a lead-in to the grand finale, and so there are stretches where exposition swamps drama. Ranking the 8 Harry Potter films 2011-07-15T16:01:00Z

But, where Descartes’s argument was essentially about skepticism—How do you know you’re not living in the Matrix?—the simulation argument is about how we envision the future. What Are the Odds We Are Living in a Computer Simulation? 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The story is essentially the same — the unwanted pregnancy and illegal abortion remain — in this three-hour production, which adds singing to the mix. What’s on TV Wednesday: A ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Playing one of the main leads, Sansa Stark, she essentially spent the next eight seasons growing up on camera for a global audience. When fans mourns a celebrity breakup 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z

Anna Frank felt the actions were unfounded and unfair and that the court had essentially awarded sole custody to her husband based on a single episode. For New York families in custody fights, a “black hole” of oversight 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

“It is essentially a form of biography and expression of self,” he said. Brooklyn’s David Geffen Comes Home, With Cash to Spare 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

I essentially didn't get a high school degree because I just didn't go to school on Monday or Friday. Mary Karr calls liars on their lies and discusses 'The Art of Memoir' 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

To this end, Scott quotes the mid-century literary critic Leslie Fiedler, whose classic book “Love and Death in the American Novel” is essentially a long engagement with the fundamental childishness of American fiction. Henry James and the Great Y.A. Debate 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

This time, however, Mars launches not 10 but 100 cylinders, and the first 50 are essentially atomic bombs meant to clear the landing area of enemy forces. ‘The Massacre of Mankind’: a sequel to H.G. Wells’s ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z

Crucially, its findings are based on situations where the child’s musical activities were informal and shared, typically with a parent – essentially a playful social experience. How Music Trumps Reading for Childhood Development 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Whether you like the show’s traditional manic ending — in which the Blue Men festoon the theater with rolls of white paper, essentially toilet-papering the house — is a matter of taste. Review: Blue Man Group Shows a Sense of Fun at Astor Place Theater 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z

“If an Islamic person who lives in the neighborhood walks past that wall and sees the image splattered by a red paint gun, essentially it’s a message of war, death, intolerance,” she wrote. In Brooklyn, a Protest Mural Draws Its Own Protest 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

According to Dr. St. Clair, "The skin and bone tissue on Harry's skull will be so damaged and rotted that his skull bone is essentially dying and will likely require a transplant." 25 fun facts about "Home Alone" 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

He writes that military leaders “intrigued with parts of the press to destabilize or frustrate the elected politicians whom many of them essentially despised,” and that Lloyd George “had long been a canny media operator.” Was Churchill a Great Man? 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

There are manners, and Vee’s downfall came out about essentially because, as Rosa put it, she was “rude, that one.” REVIEW: The Dark Optimism of Orange Is the New Black Season Two 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Of course, Aidan lives in a Virginia farmhouse with his three sons and an undisclosed number of chickens, but when he’s in New York, he and Carrie essentially live together. ‘And Just Like That …’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap: Domestic Bliss 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s the way it’s being used to essentially soak people,” he said. Michael Moore Not Bowled Over by U.S. Offerings at His Film Festival 2010-07-20T17:10:00Z

Even more problematically, Mr. Paterniti seems to have had terrible trouble coming up with a publishable version of his essentially shapeless story. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z

Given the irrational patchwork of regulations that governs wine distribution, every state essentially offers consumers a different selection of wines. The Supreme Court May Change the Way You Buy Wine 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z

CBS provided the first, second and fifth episodes for review and those two missing episodes essentially render me a hung jury. ‘Doubt’ is the perfect TV show for Katherine Heigl because it’s totally fine but passionless 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

It was a big raft of reforms that said essentially, we need to know where the money is coming from. Who’s buying our elections? Inside the shadowy world of “Dark Money” 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

It’s just as tempting to say — and he essentially admits as much — that not much care went into this writing. Books of The Times: William Gibson?s ?Distrust That Particular Flavor? - Review 2012-01-01T20:27:07Z

The story of the Lambert family is essentially a sad one. Guardian book club: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 2010-10-15T08:42:00Z

The comic book tales are essentially tragedies, with Banner incapable of escaping his alter ego's chaotic persona. Hulk have problem. Who play Hulk? 2010-07-15T13:29:00Z

With the remarkable ship itself at its centre, surrounded by thousands of objects raised from its wreck, it is essentially a vast and fascinating Tudor time capsule. Mary Rose museum brings public face to face with men who sailed her 2013-05-30T05:00:03Z

It revolves around a love triangle so misshapen that it’s essentially a horror story. Sex, Death and More Sex: Three Books of Fiction by Acclaimed Japanese Writers 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Dual-tier organizers will be your best friend, as they essentially double your storage space, letting you stash cleaning supplies and personal products more efficiently. How to squeeze more storage out of your small apartment (kitchen included) 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

Many Prokofiev scores try to contain modernist, sometimes barbaric impulses within Neo-Classical forms, in a harmonic language that for all its dissonance is essentially tonal. Music Review: Prokofiev?s Piano Sonatas From Yale in New York 2011-12-12T23:29:39Z

“What’s offensive about the industry group arguments,” he said, “that this is bad for artists is that they essentially assume that all labels are dishonest or corrupt.” Sirius?s Move to Bypass Royalty Agency Causes Uproar 2011-11-06T22:52:04Z

Internal “obstacles,” as the Tices describe them, have been erected because so many people within the department have essentially given up on bringing their son home. 10 years after Austin Tice’s abduction in Syria, his parents still fight for him 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

In Italy, the dish is bare bones, essentially buttered pasta. The creamiest, most decadent fettuccine Alfredo is only 15 short minutes away 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

The sketches were quite popular and then they made a film, which was essentially considered a flop at the time. The 50 funniest films… chosen by comedians 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

The FAA is likely to review the unidentified captain's medical certificate -- essentially a seal of approval that the pilot is healthy. JetBlue captain: 'They're going to take us down' 2012-03-28T11:26:00Z

In fact, it may be more useful to think of the polenta bread at Rolo’s as essentially Middle Eastern. Rolo’s Looks Like a Corner Tavern in Queens. It’s That and Then Some. 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

“He’s essentially created a series of independent bookstores,” said Tom Weldon, the chief executive of Penguin Random House Books U.K., “with the buying power of a chain.” Can Britain’s Top Bookseller Save Barnes & Noble? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Judd Apatow’s new book, “Sick in the Head,” consisting of 37 interviews conducted with other comedians over the years, is essentially a love letter to comedy. Comedians praise their heroes: The 8 most insightful comic-on-comic raves from Judd Apatow’s new book 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z

“To watch a star essentially be born, to have something in her sort of break free, was just — it was insane to watch,” Ms. DeJonge said. Shonka Dukureh, ‘Elvis’ Actress Who Covered ‘Hound Dog,’ Dies at 44 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

There are a number of themes in contemporary empirical psychology that are essentially Nietzschean themes. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

The main thing about the book, he says, is that it’s “a celebration of the place and an account of this amazing gesture of, essentially, civil disobedience.” Wade Davis visits Seattle to talk about threatened B.C. wilderness 2014-01-08T23:08:13Z

In the end, “Outliers and American Vanguard Art” becomes essentially a historical overview of the last century of American art. Review | They were once outsiders, but now are embraced as American artists 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

And it disappeared because, essentially, the power went away. ArtsBeat: Apocalypse Soon: Tom Hanks Discusses His Web Series 'Electric City' 2012-07-16T12:00:46Z

When people today ask, “How did this show even get on the air?” that pilot is essentially the answer: It’s accomplished, mesmerizing and within the accepted universe of TV genres. Was ‘Twin Peaks’ Ahead of Its Time? Let’s Look Back and See 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

A few years ago, on their wildly popular podcast “Bodega Boys,” the comedians Desus Nice and Kid Mero coined the term “caucacity,” which was essentially a portmanteau of Caucasian and audacity. White Filmmakers Addressing (or Avoiding) Whiteness Onscreen 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

The vocals on the title track are essentially an increasingly agitated series of screams. Album review: Ty Segall Band, 'Slaughterhouse' 2012-07-06T15:52:00Z

The Brotherhood was essentially a guerrilla group that opposed kings on all sides of the ongoing conflict, claiming to fight instead for the common people. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z

But the American division is not essentially about partisan politics or ideological labels, and it can only sometimes be reduced to questions of economic policy. Hey, liberals: You haven’t won the culture war 2012-11-10T20:00:00Z

This new Sky1 series is essentially The X Factor but more indie: here musicians from all genres are put through their paces in front of a panel of three musician judges. BBC Proms 2010-08-07T05:45:00Z

It was essentially four people in a house dealing with trauma. Emilio Estevez on making "The Public," a film about dignity, homelessness and libraries 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

This panade is essentially a savory bread pudding interspersed with layers of caramelized onions, winter squash and grated alpine cheese, such as Gruyère or Comté. A New Life for Thanksgiving Ingredients 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z

The ballet's story remains modern: It's essentially about the downfall of an ogre-like evil guy who doesn't respect women. Pablo Heras-Casado leads the L.A. Philharmonic through a riveting performance of Ravel and Stravinsky 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

He capitalized on the elasticity of “magic,” a concept that essentially eliminated all narrative restrictions on his over-the-top hedonistic style. How True Blood's supernatural hedonism changed genre television 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

Simmons’ CIA undersecretary and his minion are dissecting, essentially, the plot of the movie, which is beyond ridiculous. Second (and third) time’s a charm 2012-12-11T16:04:00Z

Close focused on this historical chain of interpretations, trying to recover the original intention of the work which, he said, was "essentially designed to provoke laughter". Anthony Close obituary 2010-10-03T17:41:00Z

A lot of kids and teens today, he said, aren’t encouraged to do what he did — essentially “Grab the Mic: Tell Your Story,” the name of his platform as ambassador. Jason Reynolds named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

From 1976 on, he was essentially a Khmer Rouge killing Khmer Rouge. Mass Murder Relies on People Like Us: An Interview With Thierry Cruvellier 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

“We were frequently evicted, occasionally working at Popeyes chicken — you know, street kids, essentially,” Bunny said. Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

If the typically feminine woman is supposed to be simpering, seductive, weak, manipulated – essentially submissive – Gaga kicks against all these qualities. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

I'm not blaming Stewart for laying the groundwork for that mindset, but he certainly participated in getting people all across the political spectrum to essentially dismiss our civic dysfunction. Did the “The Daily Show” make us smarter voters or not? Two satire experts face off 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hulse advises that the force majeure clause, which essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event takes place, be updated to include “pandemic,” “epidemic,” or “Covid-19” explicitly. If a Zoom Wedding Isn’t for You, Here’s How to Plan For Later 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z

"And essentially they said, thanks for going through all the stuff and putting a mirror up so we could learn about ourselves a little bit." Cameron Crowe: film was 'group therapy' 2011-09-15T21:10:48Z

Romantic comedies are essentially cinema’s comfort food, and expecting them to stray from formula is almost as fruitless as expecting McDonald’s to alter the flavor of its fries. Review: ‘Everybody Loves Somebody,’ a Rom-Com With Bite 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

It is essentially a landscape photograph, beautiful even in its suggestion of death and destruction. Luc Delahaye turns war photography into an uncomfortable art 2011-08-09T08:00:02Z

While Wilde lectured on aesthetics as, essentially, a caricature of himself, he had to compete with parodies, some by minstrel troupes, of himself and of “Patience,” too. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Fail the challenge, and you suffer what he describes as an L-shaped life, where you plummet to Earth and then essentially flatline until death. ‘It hits you over the head’: can I survive my midlife crisis? 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

In “Run Mary Run,” she and her companions, a group of alumni from Oberlin College’s Dance Diaspora, essentially did one dance: the ring shout. Review: ‘Run Mary Run’ Features Rashida Bumbray at SummerStage 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

The law reset the copyright term for works published from 1923 to 1977 — lengthening it from 75 years to 95 years after publication — essentially freezing their protected status. New Life for Old Classics, as Their Copyrights Run Out 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

But in the first season ender, which essentially reversed the positions of nearly every major character from where they began, it’s showing no signs of holding back or saving story for later. Review: How Empire Changed the Game 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Williams’s father, Rob, was taciturn and distant but essentially decent — a long way from the bitter, envious dad with whom Steve Martin contends in his fine memoir of making it big, “Born Standing Up.” A Comic Force of Nature: The Life — and Death — of Robin Williams 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

Whether this is essentially a version of low-fat cottage cheese, farmer’s cheese, a thick sister to yogurt or its own thing depends on which country you live in. A Guide to Soft Fresh Cheeses: Cottage Cheese, Mascarpone and More 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

Drinking tea instead of vodka, abstaining from meat, rejecting family ties, making one’s own boots—poorly, crookedly—that, essentially, is the result of this personal spiritual quest that passed through the Square. The Square 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

This exhibition of the great director’s photography is essentially Kubrick before he became Kubrick. 19 Art Exhibitions to View in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

He spent four and a half years meticulously planning each frame, essentially making the film twice as he waited for effects to be invented, yet still pruned it to a taut 90 minutes. The Carpetbagger: In Oscar Voting, All Politics Is Local 2014-02-27T23:11:37Z

His first feature film, “Garden State,” a moderate indie hit 10 years ago, was essentially a TV comedy with pretensions to be a generational touchstone. Zach Braff Directs and Stars in ‘Wish I Was Here’ 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

There is some voiceover, but the narrator and character in the book are essentially blended into one in the form of Witherspoon. Reese Witherspoon Isn't Nice and Wholesome in "Wild," and That’s What Makes it Great 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

I was the second person to stay in the museum’s Hopper hotel room, essentially becoming its subject for a night. What’s Better Than Seeing a Hopper Painting? Sleeping in One 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

Though “Watchman” is being published for the first time now, it was essentially an early version of “Mockingbird.” Review: Harper Lee’s ‘Go Set a Watchman’ Gives Atticus Finch a Dark Side 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

No matter how involved I am in his life, my wife is essentially treated as the priority parent. Motherlode Blog: As Parents, Are Fathers the Second Sex? 2012-04-27T20:03:47Z

There’s no shortage of music podcasts that are essentially chat shows, but “Questlove Supreme” stands out. 7 Podcasts for Music Lovers 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

He was accompanied by Irish vocalist Imelda May and her band, which played like enthusiastic revivalists, essentially trying to duplicate the songs and provide a framework for Beck’s brief solos. Concert review: Jeff Beck at Cadillac Palace 2011-04-02T05:46:27Z

Works like these are essentially retrospective, holding up photographic clichés of the recent past for our edification. ‘Anne Collier,’ a Photography Retrospective at Bard College 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Take American University, where 74 percent of full-time freshmen got a grant or scholarship – essentially, a discount off the list price – for the 2011-2012 school year. How college pricing is just like holiday retail sales 2014-01-08T13:30:00Z

“The act of publishing is essentially the act of making public one’s own enthusiasm,” Mr. Gottlieb writes. In ‘Avid Reader,’ a Celebrated Editor as Shepherd and Alchemist 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

A young wife living in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, is essentially confined to her house all day. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

In that regard, “Dear Mr. M” is, most essentially, about how stories build upon themselves, each event influenced, triggered even, by the last. Someone is stalking a famous novelist in Herman Koch’s ‘Dear Mr. M’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

The two also often met up, with other people, in New York for “game watches,” which are essentially informal alumni reunions on the occasion of Villanova basketball games. After ‘Mist,’ They Saw Things Differently 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

As she speaks, she introduces the costumed singers from the cast who essentially mime the entire play in under 10 minutes. ‘The Play of Daniel,’ at Trinity Church 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z

“What the freeway system became was essentially a way of creating quarantine zones in Los Angeles,” he said. In ‘Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,’ California Dreaming, Darkly 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

The casting for the Victoria’s Secret shows is a humiliating ritual, one in which models must essentially beg for the job. Starvation diets, obsessive training and no plus-size models: Victoria’s Secret sells a dangerous fantasy 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

These are essentially pages, bound like books and splayed into the shapes of vases and bowls, sometimes complete with painted ceramic flowers. Review | In the galleries: Washington Sculptors Group shows a playful nature 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The musical tone neatly meshes with the subject, which is essentially fictitious except for its starting point — Neruda’s exile from Chile in 1948 as the result of his pro-Communist activities. Opera Review: Pablo Neruda and His Mailman, This Time Sung 2010-12-14T13:59:19Z

The first three hours are broken up between a main narrative that’s essentially all-white and a set of secondary story lines about people living in housing projects sequestered in the poor part of town. Review: ‘Show Me a Hero’ Focuses on a Mayor in the Maelstrom of Desegregation 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z

But, more essentially, if it is broken, you want to know what kind of break you have. ‘A pandemic of broken toes’: How life at home has been painful for feet 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

What the two have essentially in common is their consciousness-expanding effects. Richard Serra’s Steel Behemoths Get Into Your Head 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

In her introduction to the excellent 1973 anthology “The Poetry of Black America,” Gwendolyn Brooks suggested that there were essentially two varieties of young black poets then extant. Books of The Times: ‘The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton, 1965-2010’ 2012-10-11T16:46:12Z

An underfunded candidate with almost no name recognition, Brat was essentially ignored even by the tea party groups he championed. Dave Brat was mostly ignored by political reporters

Even though Bieber had essentially abandoned the limelight, he didn’t get any less famous. Can Justin Bieber Hide in Plain Sight? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

Mr. Boulez seemed delighted to address this interesting, and essentially accurate, observation. Recalling Pierre Boulez, a Conductor-Composer With an Ear to the Alternative 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

It's a versatile brand that essentially appeals to the pragmatic chef, art curator or Instagram influencer. Gen Z, Le Creuset, and "aesthetic adulthood": Why young people are investing in this pricey cookware 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z

But Bronson, for all his charms, turned out to be a notoriously poor provider — abandoning her for long stretches without money or a permanent home while she raised four daughters as essentially a single mother. Really Seeing Marmee: Oh, How ‘Little Women’s’ Matriarch Has Changed 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

So we spoke, and I told him I was essentially going to do Jackie’s editorial career, and he said, ‘I think I’m going to do my own book,’ and hung up, click.” Once an Editor, Now the Subject 2010-12-01T20:37:00Z

The episodes, as a whole, feel very casual, like viewers are just watching two friends have an epic day together in a cool place — which is essentially what’s happening. “Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner”: Come for the celebrities; stay for the personal revelations 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

White describes how he pushed Congress and his own administration to essentially invent civil-rights enforcement. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

One impressive female figure, from Gabon or Congo, is essentially a standing, gesturing embodiment of a cosmological map. Art Review: ?African Innovations? at Brooklyn Museum - Review 2011-09-01T12:00:00Z

This book’s central character, a laid-off journalist named Willa Knox, asks this question: “How could two hardworking people do everything right in life and arrive in their 50s essentially destitute?” Barbara Kingsolver’s New Novel Moves Between the Distant Past and the Troubled Present 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the introduction of iPlayer – the real moment that linear viewing essentially became redundant? Is James Bond and the Queen really the moment that changed TV for ever? 2012-09-26T14:20:29Z

Even though the Pahvans essentially brainwashed him, Saru’s discomfort with conflict — and by extension, with Burnham — was always there, buried by his professionalism. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 8: A Little Harmony 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

Joe is essentially the 2021 edition of Dexter Morgan except he was built without a code to keep his obsessions in check. "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than another stab at a satisfying closure 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

Lucas continued to alter the films in subsequent home video versions to fans' chagrin; because the original, theatrical versions had been removed from circulation, they were essentially replaced by Lucas’s revamps. The Director’s Cut: A Label Often Redefined, Now by Lars von Trier 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

They’ve survived essentially by waiting for the public shock and anger to subside, if not disappear entirely. Amid the cycles of outrage, a strategy emerges: Just ride it out. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

The rooms on the second floor serve as a cafe space where you could stay all day, which is essentially what I did. Need a getaway to celebrate (or escape) the holidays? Travel like a queen to Victoria 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

With the success of President Trump’s travel ban, the United States has essentially sealed its borders to Syrian refugees, among others. Review | After a photo of her nephew’s drowned body went viral, a Syrian woman tells the family’s story 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z

It’s essentially war cheerleading under the guise of photojournalism. “My little war-porn addiction”: David Shields on how the New York Times made the Iraq and Afghanistan wars look “really cool, really glamorous, really bloodless” 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z

They're essentially big balls of black fur with neon teeth, so visually solid, almost abstract, that they appear to absorb light. Cut-rate budget, first-rate frights 2011-08-05T23:30:00Z

Grove Music Online offers the clinical assessment that Loewe was an essentially conservative figure, untouched by the innovations of radical, slightly younger contemporaries like Schumann, Chopin and Liszt. Celebrating an 18th-Century Composer, Carl Loewe 2012-02-24T21:05:38Z

Ricks responded that few people knew how many U.S. security contractors were killed in Iraq and compared that to the attention paid to "what was essentially a small firefight" in Libya. Fox interview ends after author criticizes network 2012-11-26T22:59:57Z

The magic of Ross’s show was that he essentially skipped over the really hard part of realistic painting: translating the actual world into a flat image on a canvas. In Search of Sleep, with Bob Ross 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

We’ve essentially not only played the role of a news organization, I think we’ve played the role in some ways of a public health organization imparting real health news. Norah O’Donnell: ‘Journalism is more important than ever’ 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z

Mascarpone is essentially an Italian version of cream cheese, though with a slightly higher fat content; mascarpone must have 40% fat, while cream cheese only needs to have 33%. Mascarpone cheese has a life outside of tiramisu 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

Every pipe organ in every concert hall and church in the world is essentially built to order and, of course, immobile. Music Review: Cameron Carpenter Performs on His Touring Instrument 2014-03-10T20:12:51Z

“All Shook Down,” the band’s dénouement—save for a temporary reunion last year—was essentially Westerberg’s first solo album; it’s also, a half-dozen official solo efforts later, his best. Why Rock Criticism Was Essential to the Replacements 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

As bad and wasteful as the labels could be, he’s essentially right about this, and our new model, with its mix of iTunes and piracy, is no improvement. Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music? 2012-06-20T11:45:00Z

"The tour was essentially the two of them on acoustic guitars, and by all accounts they played hundreds of shows - in schools around the country," says Russell Clarke. Marley's haunts 2011-05-11T14:07:21Z

This relieved the pressure of creating an itinerary on the fly, while allowing us to plan activities that would allow us to essentially stay podded up for our trip. Easing back into group travel with a multifamily camping trip 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

This essentially turns “Like Someone in Love” into a Rorschach test of our own responses to the intimate drama unfolding before us. ‘Like Someone in Love’: Drama’s mystery will lure you in or put you to sleep 2013-03-14T20:55:29Z

He’s acknowledged my anxiety, but essentially asked me to deal with it for 24 hours because his friend’s wedding is important to him and there aren’t really any alternatives at this point. Groomsman-zilla 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Society may change — we know it changes — but our interiority as human beings remains essentially the same. Missing the point of the reality of fiction 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

So it sounds a little counterintuitive to say I love matching tracksuits, which are essentially just pajamas that you wear out. Zoey Deutch Enjoys ‘The Joy of Cooking’ and the Occasional Tracksuit 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

In effect, the newspaper’s complaint essentially accuses Eastwood and Ray of the same kind of distortion and character assassination that the movie suggests the news media engaged in when reporting about Jewell in 1996. What Clint Eastwood’s new movie gets very wrong about the female reporter who broke the Richard Jewell story 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

In warning of an “iron curtain,” Churchill essentially resubmitted his plan for a Pax Anglo-Americana. Britain and the U.S.: A Forced and Unequal Marriage 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Or, to put it more bluntly, that she was essentially wearing blackface. Kim Kardashian on Her New Beauty Line and Those Blackface Allegations 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

The familiar structure is essentially scaffolding for a series of period-style dance numbers. Review: Bill Robinson’s Rags-to-Riches Tap Tale 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z

Darpa's call essentially launched a grand science fair, one designed to encourage innovation and tap into the competitive spirit of scientists around the country. The race to create 'insect cyborgs' 2013-02-17T00:05:32Z

She also serves as our emotional guide to a world that's essentially emotionless, aside from fear. Review: 3-D makes beautifully bleak `Dredd' pop 2012-09-20T03:26:08Z

They are essentially decorative, often gorgeously so, but they lack all profundity. My Anish Kapoor confession 2010-06-10T16:42:00Z

“Leonard” is essentially a traditional biography, but one that is filtered through the prism of its author’s friendship with his subject. William Shatner says goodbye to Leonard Nimoy in his new book 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

With the help of a Wild Aid-financed boat and three rangers, the resort now patrols the vast, newly established no-catch zone, so that commercial fishing has been essentially stopped. Favorite Place: Sharing Paradise With the Barracuda 2012-09-07T17:12:11Z

Rather, we’re talking about essentially spinning off a show’s concept and applying it to a new, hopefully fresh, set of characters. Please Do Not Make a How I Met Your Mother Spinoff 2013-10-31T13:46:34Z

Her family's salon was in a unique position because she was essentially delivering the news with her exhibitions. Moran writes expertly about Madame Tussaud 2011-03-07T18:58:15Z

Although light floods the scene through an ornate French window at the rear, the painting is essentially without color. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

As before, replicants are essentially mass-produced slave labour for the privileged. ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe’: what Blade Runner 2049’s dystopia tells us about 2017 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Under U.S. law, therefore, any hint of women’s distinctiveness has been essentially banished, replaced by the belief that women, given the same opportunities, will behave more or less like men. After “Lean In,” the road to workplace equality 2013-09-17T11:43:00Z

Comedians are essentially trying to score laughs in the exact opposite way that most people do. Why laughter makes no sense: The surprising science behind what tickles our funny bones 2014-04-09T22:59:00Z

It seems odd to say that the basic plot of the episode is, essentially, “They get on the boat, and it’s terrifying,” but … it is. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2 Premiere Recap: Smoke on the Water 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

It’s been a perfect storm of traveling issues resulting in a boom for the motel industry, essentially saving it from extinction. Amid the pandemic, motels stage a major comeback 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

Her identity concealed, she's essentially a spy at hotspots for the well-heeled. An engaging journey through 'A Five Star Life' 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

“As despicable as this practice may be, it is essentially a criminal assault,” Friedman wrote, in a ruling late on Tuesday. ‘US is moving backwards’: female genital mutilation ruling a blow to girls at risk 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

In this way, the narrative was essentially Christian. U2: Bring Back the Irony 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

Voight then introduced Sam Moore, of the classic R. & B. duo Sam & Dave, who performed—with all due respect to Moore—what was essentially a knockoff version of Ray Charles’s rendition of “America the Beautiful.” The Bizarre Perfection of Trump’s Inaugural Concert 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z

It’s essentially a Third Avenue saloon constructed, in 1980, out of the best parts of a steakhouse. Going Back to Eat in Midtown, Where the Main Dish Is New York, New York 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

Some companies now offer lower rates if you pay in advance, essentially guaranteeing that you’ll show up. Frugal Traveler: Guide to Steering Clear of Rental Car Fees 2011-04-27T03:26:50Z

Originally viewed as an inhospitable wasteland and essentially valueless, now with the melting ice it is seen as a source of riches. Jarvis Cocker: the iceman cometh 2012-06-02T19:53:37Z

There was a more innocent time on this show, and they are thinking about that, and what they're essentially saying is that those days are over and they can never be returned to. ArtsBeat: Vince Gilligan on 'Breaking Bad' and 'the Plumbing of It All' 2012-09-04T17:51:49Z

He then learned the squadron was essentially a cover for the OSS. Still flying at 97: Autobiography recounts WWII pilot’s life 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

The market for modern and contemporary has essentially become the entire art market. With $170.4 Million Sale at Auction, Modigliani Work Joins Rarefied Nine-Figure Club 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

As he speaks in old videos, Milch is always doing different voices, almost acting out his stories — essentially turning narrative into dialogue, at which he is a master. The future tense of joy: "Deadwood" creator David Milch recaptures memory in "Life's Work" 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z

But Gill says the process of writing is still essentially a mystery to him. Versailles play not a history lesson 2014-02-28T12:16:20Z

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Both are essentially exculpatory parables of empowerment, anchored in feminist ideology. Arts & Leisure Preview: Violence That Art Didn?t See Coming 2010-02-24T19:11:00Z

It's quite difficult for the incredibly good-looking poor dears, who are getting jobs essentially because of their looks, and for whom ability is a secondary consideration. Jonathan Slinger on Hamlet: 'I'm going to try to achieve the impossible' 2013-03-11T19:00:02Z

We know she hates them and we know that Howard, essentially, is a child. 'Big Bang' cast celebrates success 2013-03-14T11:31:06Z

This essentially plotless novel grows longer, but it does not always appear to grow richer. ‘Girl, Woman, Other,’ a Big, Busy Novel About New Ways of Living 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

My sponsor fired me—for, essentially, not believing in God. My agnostic AA 2012-06-20T18:28:00Z

The first essentially replicated Welles’s edited version of the party sequence, although the style was a bit less splintered and frenetic. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

Both artists play relatively constrained versions of some of their most popular songs, essentially playing a recital to a theater full of reverent fans. Album review: Caetano Veloso and David Byrne, 'Live at Carnegie Hall' 2012-03-13T16:36:00Z

He called his wine Herri Mina, which essentially translates as homesick for the country. The Wines of Irouléguy, in French Basque Country 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

But Kinane told the Television Critics Association that the series is still essentially "American Idol." Producers: 'American Idol' making changes 2014-01-14T14:30:34Z

The followers then get one chance to stream the song in full via their "inbox", which is essentially a continuous playlist of all the tracks flowed to them. Click to download: mflow, Twitter's hipper little brother 2010-04-01T21:35:00Z

Episodes are essentially written while they’re being filmed, with stars improvising from story outlines. 'We're not Game of Thrones' – Curb Your Enthusiasm's stars on their unsexy TV sensation 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

Our research has demonstrated that a number of approaches are used by runners when encountering pedestrians, but they essentially come down to three approaches – choosing a side, stepping down and slaloming. Runners v pedestrians: who should give way to whom? 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

Ray, played by the terrific Alex Breaux, has spent his life in the water, essentially, and is preparing for the upcoming Olympic trials as the play begins. Review: In ‘Red Speedo,’ a Swimmer Faces a Moral Quandary 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

The plan, essentially, was to use virality to hijack journalism and, thereby, to shift our national conversation in directions that favored Trump. What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

My job was the first to go, and essentially it’s going to be the last to come back. What Has Lockdown Meant for L.G.B.T.Q. Artists and Writers? 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

If you are familiar with the menu at the Southern California branch of Mr. Chow, and happen to drift into the Midtown Manhattan branch, don’t worry: The menu is essentially the same. Sky-High Prices? Bad Reviews? No Matter: Mr. Chow Powers On 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z

Thematically, "I Never Loved a Man" isn't all that different from the Columbia release of "Won't Be Long" – it essentially plays into same male fantasy trope. How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z

He had essentially been forgotten by then, while the other two figureheads of the era, Voltaire and Rousseau, had been reburied in the Paris’s Panthéon. Diderot Was Way Ahead of His Time — and He Knew It 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

This is, essentially, a second pilot for “Discovery.” ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 3: Sometimes Down is Up 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z

To create the garden, the old beds were cultivated down 12 inches with a heavy steel tool named a broadfork — essentially an implement with curving tines between two tall handles. The case for the no-till garden 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z

Although Mr. Levine’s lawsuit included defamation claims — all but one of which were later dismissed — it was essentially a breach of contract suit. The Met Opera Fired James Levine, Citing Sexual Misconduct. He Was Paid $3.5 Million. 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z

This was fine, since most shows essentially returned every episode to the status quo ante. On That ‘Barry’ Finale and Why Some Shows Are So Good, They Need to End 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

The crown for the weekend was essentially shared by two holdovers. ArtsBeat: This Means Box Office Dud 2012-02-19T20:17:30Z

“People essentially have her down as a sort of Miss Marple – a sexless, removed, bookish, woolly, very English sort of individual,” he said. Shedunnit – how Agatha Christie became cinema hot property 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z

Wilson, a brilliant composer and educator who essentially embodied Los Angeles jazz history until his death last year at age 96, was brought to life in a set conducted by his son, guitarist Anthony Wilson. Playboy Jazz Festival keeps the party moving at the Bowl 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

But this film hews an entirely different path to reach essentially the same destination. “The Blue Room”: French star Mathieu Amalric in a crafty remix of “Gone Girl” 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

The short stories are of a piece with the essays; they’re essentially written in the same voice and fit inside the same loose narrative arc. Review: With ‘The Correspondence,’ a New Contender in the Ring 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

These boys and girls — even the ones wearing clothes that are essentially ageless — have the gangly, bony limbs of sour-faced baby giraffes. Velvet Ropes, Inclusion and Kanye West in Paris 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

Brasca also recommends “an overcoat reaching to the ground to wear when sleeping in the open air” — essentially a fashionable bivouac sack. What tips for traveling have changed since medieval times? Surprisingly few. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

But the fact that Flynn's subjects are essentially love, marriage and personal relationships gives "Gone Girl" a human connection that was absent in Fincher's off-putting last work, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo." 'Gone Girl' finds David Fincher at delightfully twisted best 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

During years when crime and urban paranoia were spiking, the work might be seen as a creepy metaphor for vulnerability, but Mr. Acconci saw it essentially as an open-ended and in many ways optimistic narrative. Vito Acconci, an Artist as Influential as He Is Eccentric 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z

“Being in a writers’ room is essentially just sitting around a table with 10 other people telling personal stories and eating all your meals together,” Ms. Wigfield said. Plenty of Plot Twists for Two ‘Mindy Project’ Writers 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

His belief in movies as an intrinsically authentic, essentially documentary medium explains his statement that “to bring the past back to the present” is “the privilege of cinematography.” Review: Bresson and the Elliptical Economies of a Master Filmmaker 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“Even though they weren’t there to see it,” he said, “their brain was essentially filling in those blanks.” I was my dad’s caregiver through his fatal illness. I had no idea I’d be at risk for PTSD. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

The idea was essentially to get people out and about again, and the 81 galleries and nonprofits, chosen from an open call, will install their largely sculptural work together, without booths. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

There’s a music to Gray’s films, a music to his images; he’s essentially incapable of making a dull or untextured image, but, just like the term “style,” the word “music” is itself value-free. “The Lost City of Z” Resuscitates Cinema’s Classic Adventure Tale 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

He is confronted by a fellow trainee, a Filipino drag queen named Fandango, who reminds McCorkle that he is essentially a tourist. ‘I’m an Electric Lampshade’ Review: My Accountant, the Pop Star 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

Instead, many of next fall’s debuts will be using essentially the opposite of the pitch NBC once used to advertise comedy reruns: Maybe you haven’t seen it before–but it’s still old to you. Upfronts Roundup: Fall TV, Like Summer Movies, Plays the Imitation Game 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

VandeHei will stay in place at Politico until after the election in November, which will leave an awkward 10-month interregnum in which he and his cohorts will essentially be lame ducks. Why the marriage at the top of Politico couldn’t be saved 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

Alas, Fergus Hume remains — despite his 140 novels — essentially the author of just one book. ‘Blockbuster!’: The strange tale of the best-selling crime novel of the 19th century 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Your sister and friend both essentially said, Please just state what you want. Carolyn Hax: How to answer 6-year-old’s question about cozy quarters? 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

There are sliding glass doors in every room, so that anywhere he is can essentially become an outdoor space. The House That Calvin Klein Built 2013-08-30T21:08:57Z

Overall, the practice creates the appearance that the money from the city’s TIF program “is essentially subsidizing the donations to private charities,” the report said. Watchdog questions cash to Mrs. Daley charity 2011-10-04T17:39:00Z

We went from practically nobody wanting to talk about this to people often asking, essentially, that women open up on demand. "My Dark Vanessa" author: Canceling Nabokov's "Lolita" is "missing the point" of society's problem 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

“It’s going to be less risky because you’re talking essentially about people in a bubble,” Dr. Campbell said. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

The academy’s vow to do better with respect to racial, ethnic and gender representation, essentially, bore out. Movies Survived 2020. The Oscars Diversified. There’s More to Do. 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

The discard is essentially fermented flour and water, and as we know, fermentation brings with it a wide range of unexpected and bright flavors through the acids, alcohols, and other compounds created. Don’t toss that sourdough discard! Make biscuits 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

It's as if Bonnie Tyler was relaunching herself for a modern pop audience, as this is essentially a post-EDM version of Holding Out For A Hero. Amelia Lily, Mikky Ekko: this week's new tracks 2013-01-14T06:00:00Z

Still, he, like Ah Tao, remains essentially self-contained. Movie Review: ?A Simple Life,? Directed by Ann Hui 2012-04-12T21:40:33Z

They agreed to release two versions: Pollack’s and, essentially, Streisand’s extended cut. Barbra Streisand Is Ready to Tell All. Pull Up a Seat. 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z

According to Achatz, Trotter told him, essentially: If you don't work for me for a year, you haven't worked for me for a day — never use me as a reference. Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z

The video turns the sudden intensity and violence of an ocean storm into an ever-changing but essentially orderly vision, its roundabout action emphasized by a droning score by the artist and her uncle, Jere Friedman. Review | In the galleries: Glenn Ligon exhibition draws on Baldwin, Stein and Warhol 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

The implication being that the only way to get people to pay to see the players was for them to essentially sell their bodies. Who Decides What a Champion Should Wear? 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

It’s called essays, but it’s essentially a memoir. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Learning to Love Himself, With an Assist From Beyoncé 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

For all its humor, Ms. Mazzie’s show revealed her youthful romanticism to be essentially intact. Music Review: Marin Mazzie’s Cabaret Show at 54 Below 2012-09-06T21:48:53Z

The defensive pose actually makes some sense: it’s not easy to prove, as W.W.D. has, that you can write about an essentially frivolous enterprise without indulging in frivolity. | W.W.D. at 100 2010-10-18T17:45:00Z

While United is the first major airline based in the United States to essentially start charging for its overhead bin space, charging for carry-on bags is old hat on low-cost airlines. How to Navigate New Airline Carry-On Rules 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

When Ms. Albanese playfully dismisses talk of love in her reply, she essentially maintains the tempo and sings straightforwardly. Toscanini and Giulini Put Their Mark on ?Traviata? 2010-04-04T21:37:00Z

The word chav, if your subscriptions to British periodicals have lapsed, is a noun that essentially means “ugly prole”: loutish, tacky, probably drunken and possibly violent. Books of The Times: Get Your Bling and Adidas Tracksuit, Wayne, a British Class War Is Raging 2011-07-12T20:59:50Z

He should have been furious; yet, like the film’s unconvincing flashbacks to his much younger self, he looks essentially unchanged. ‘Paint’ Review: Watch It Dry 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

When spring moves to summer, the annuals fill in, but then the garden is essentially static. Review | The Haupt Garden demands constant work, and isn’t worth it 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

The author of the novel "The Satanic Verses" says the threat "was essentially one priest in Iran looking for a headline." Salman Rushdie dismisses latest death threat 2012-09-19T02:17:10Z

In the 1930s, he adopted a more Neo-Classical style, composing essentially in a tonal language enriched with contemporary sonorities and demonstrating utter mastery of counterpoint. Classical Playlist: Teodor Currentzis, Bach and Per Bloland 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

You visited essentially the ghost of autocracy future for America. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

First, whatever management’s intentions, it’s essentially putting you two in the awkward position of schooling your white colleagues as de facto ambassadors of All Nonwhite Peoples. @Work Advice: Why are racial minorities singled out to lead diversity training? 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

“It’s essentially a ‘you’re going to take what you get and feel good about it’ situation.” Turkeys Will Be Scarcer and Pricier Than Ever This Thanksgiving 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

In many cases, these men were sold to the owners of semi-secretive mining operations or plantations as, essentially, neo-slaves to serve without pay – in many cases, permanently disappeared from society. A leap for women’s rights: The Texas abortion case and the end of reproductive Jim Crow laws 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z

Indeed, our little island is still essentially a Victorian community of 10 cottages, and an old survey map shows property lines with the logic of a broken dinner plate, paths crisscrossing to boathouses and lookouts. Summer on the lake: ‘It’s as Canadian as ice hockey’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

It's essentially an interactive game of paintball, one that is bright and funny. Splat goes Nintendo all over the shooter with 'Splatoon' fun 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

Literature was essentially a study of the things men wrote, art history an exercise in what men painted. A Master’s Degree in ... Masculinity? 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

As Texas' abortion law remains intact nearly one month after taking effect and essentially rolling back Roe v. "I have no regrets": Uma Thurman shares her teenage abortion story in criticizing Texas ban 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

But because he insisted on the primacy of art over reality, he held that “Lolita” sprang essentially from his own artistic gifts. Behind the Kidnapping Case That Inspired ‘Lolita’ 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

On one hand, you are essentially springing religion on him after nine years. Our 9-year-old says he doesn’t believe in God. Should we force him to attend church? 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

“But it is definitely something to consider if the finances don’t work. We essentially need to decide by the beginning of August.” Opera Has Vanished. So Have Their Dream Jobs at the Met. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

“I always say that one of the ways that you measure a person is looking at their children,” he continued, essentially saying Trump’s kids are well-behaved relative to other rich kids. Whoopi Goldberg deserves a medal: Watch her go ballistic on Ben Carson for backing Donald Trump on “The View” 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Obama’s strategy is to pin the Bush economic disaster on Romney, with good reason, since Romney has essentially the same policies as Bush. Email can ruin your life 2012-06-24T14:00:00Z

He was aided by the fact that in late 2015 Russia essentially shut off travel to two of its top tourism destinations — Egypt and Turkey — creating a big opening for Tunisia. Tourists Return to Tunisia, but Slowly 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

As far as the latter goes, Hoult's shuffling zombie perambulation is particularly good, as is his facial expressiveness in scenes where R is essentially preverbal. Review: 'Warm Bodies' could use more heat 2013-01-30T17:16:04Z

But the fact that Elon Musk frequently steals memes has become, essentially, a meme in itself. Elon Musk: Memelord or Meme Lifter? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

Traditionally, cinemas have demanded a 90-day window between theatrical release and on-demand availability, essentially giving them the first exclusive bite of the revenue pie. Why Martin Scorsese's the Irishman won't be coming to a cinema near you 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Nestled in the forest on the Kinzig River, the town is essentially one delightful main street lined with fountains, fine facades and inviting shops and cafés. Discover the romance of Germany’s Black Forest 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Though the movie makes use of texting and Twitter, it's essentially an old-fashioned whodunit where people still get scared over the phone and killed in person. Scre4m: The Ultimate Shriekquel 2011-04-15T15:10:00Z

In Macdonald's view, all documentaries are essentially fictions because they are about organising the chaos of ordinary life; about selecting material and putting that in the service of telling a story. Can 'fake' documentaries still tell the truth? 2010-09-30T22:00:00Z

The family moved to Athens, Georgia, where her mother, an artist, “unschooled” Sunaura and her siblings—essentially, the children directed themselves, creating their own puppet shows, story cycles, and research projects. Are Disability Rights and Animal Rights Connected? 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

It was essentially an independent film that was guaranteed distribution. Lou Diamond Phillips: "My entire career has been fighting against those labels" 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Young’s guitar flickers in and out of what is essentially a melancholy unraveling. Album review: Neil Young, 'Psychedelic Pill' 2012-10-29T04:36:00Z

“The plots are essentially nonexistent,” Mr. Christie said. ‘Everyone Danced in France’: A Baroque Bourrée Comes to BAM 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

Shaffer accompanies Murray with tinkly, minimal piano, and Murray himself is an able singer; combined, the two are essentially turning in a longer and less ridiculous version of a Nick The Lounge Singer performance. It’s “A Very Murray Christmas,” indeed: The holiday special wallows in its star’s wry charm 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

The Third Quartet and the Fragmente, both from the 1980s, are essentially latter-day expressionist in style. Trojahn: String Quartets Nos 3 and 4; etc ? review 2011-07-28T20:30:01Z

The third is highly formal – essentially replicating silver-service dining with designer crockery and crystal glassware. ‘Napkins are the new fashion’: the improbable rise of tablescaping 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

Its heroine, Keiko, is 36, essentially friendless, a virgin and contented. ‘Convenience Store Woman’ Casts a Fluorescent Spell 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

She had been accused of killing her lover, and her case was essentially forgotten until some of her remains are discovered decades later. 8 New Books Coming in December 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

This well-made music is essentially late Romantic in style, with just occasional passages in which the harmonies loosen their grip on tonality, such as Reger or early Schoenberg. Mendelssohn: String Quartets Opp 67 and 83 – review 2013-01-17T22:01:01Z

The Stones had essentially created “glam rock,” said Simon Reynolds, the author of “Shock and Awe,” a new book on that ’70s music movement. How the Rolling Stones Became Fashion Icons 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

They started the House of Fairy Tales in 2006 essentially as a sideline to entertain their three children and those in their neighbourhood. Gavin Turk's fairytale project 2011-07-15T23:05:47Z

Stewart took aim at Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback in a recent segment, arguing that the Sunflower State’s treatment of the poor was essentially bullying. This 4th of July: 6 wise Jon Stewart tips for a more perfect union 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

Hill’s life began again after that experience; Freida Mock’s film is, essentially, about the birth of an activist. ‘Anita’: a portrait in dignity 2014-04-03T22:00:30Z

The 19 participating dealers in this sector essentially put on focused mini-shows within their booths, many with a historical angle. Art Basel Hong Kong: Where Commerce and Creativity Meet 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The whisky literally sizzles on the bar, and some grizzled and vaguely familiar faces from the days when Westerns were essentially more nourishing stare at him from the tables. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

He’s essentially accepted that the best thing for his children is to surrender their care to another man after the death of their mother. Recap: Mad Men Watch: Om Sweet Om 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z

It can take several weeks, but if it works, it’s essentially free. How to replace curved glass on an old china cabinet

Mindfulness is essentially meditation of the kind practiced in East Asia for thousands of years. Baa Baa Land: a film they want you to fall asleep in 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z

The Vegetarian Option is essentially a semolina roll heaped with all the garnishes from the other sandwiches. Restaurant Review: Meat Hook Sandwich in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The three stories — essentially independent, but with subtle connections and repeated elements — are nonetheless deeply mysterious. ‘Suspended Sentences’: An eloquent taste of the 2014 Nobel Prize winner in literature

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That didn't sit well with Zoglin, who argues Hope, essentially, invented the stand-up comedy art form. Bob Hope gets little thanks for all the memories 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

The comment shows that he believed that some people were essentially different to and better than others. "The Rings of Power" receives racist backlash, but Tolkien’s work has always lured white supremacist 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

And it would hardly be the first time that we didn’t know what we thought we knew about the American presidency — which has been, essentially, a 230-year parade of unwell men. The secret history of America’s ailing presidents and the doctors who covered up for them 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z

The cane project is essentially a one-man operation, with a lot of sweat and support from Nik Heynen, a geography professor at the University of Georgia, and a rotating band of volunteers. Reviving a Crop and an African-American Culture, Stalk by Stalk 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

But essentially he was treading water — and he was 27. Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Some of the album’s thrills, like the tossing, tumbling passages in the middle of “Hyperthral,” “Split” and “IV,” are essentially theirs. New Music: The Game, Eric Revis and Ryan Blotnick: New Albums 2012-12-24T22:49:33Z

“The movie is essentially about the dangers of nostalgia,” Wright said. Past and present meet ‘Last Night in Soho’ 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

It’s much the same way I was Kurt Cobain for “Smells Like Nirvana” – I was essentially pretending to be her in the context of the song. ArtsBeat: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Lady Gaga Saga 2011-04-20T20:28:49Z

But essentially, Nathan says, "he's in the same place that he was before." 12 O'Clock Boys: the documentary for those suffering The Wire withdrawal 2013-06-18T10:30:13Z

Thus on Tuesday Fox reintroduces “Prison Break” for what is essentially a long-delayed fifth season, since so many of the actors from the earlier version are back. Review: ‘Prison Break’ Returns, With Yemen the Focus 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

The process began in April with the premiere of “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” essentially a continuation of Mr. Bourdain’s excellent Travel Channel series “No Reservations.” Critic’s Notebook: For CNN, Fame Trumps News on Sunday Nights 2013-06-21T20:32:48Z

I think it’s essentially the obstruction of power. Matt Smith on Playing the Rogue Prince of ‘House of the Dragon’ 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

Paine has essentially shifted from pessimist to optimist. Atypical sequels abound at Tribeca Film Festival 2011-04-27T17:57:08Z

How was his criminal operation able to function essentially in broad daylight, at such a scale, and for so long? The Gall of Ghislaine Maxwell 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

In order to preserve as much white power as possible, white people essentially agreed not to talk about whiteness anymore. We need to talk about whiteness — and then we need to dismantle it 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z

While Elliot harbors very bigoted views, his thoughts and actions are still framed with a sympathetic gaze while the Jeffers family is essentially penalized for their own family dysfunction and deemed unworthy of raising Eloise. Dear Hollywood: Let's Stop Making Movies Like "Black or White" 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Built in the early 1800s, it is essentially two buildings in one, a lean-to greenhouse attached to a brick barn, the latter used originally for housing the greenhouse heating apparatus and for housing people. The autumn allure of the greenhouse 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

In other words, we had seen a portrayal of a woman being physically violated, with essentially no consequences, no resolution, no critique of the men’s actions or of their unresolved nature. No More Gang Rape Scenes in Ballets, Please 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z

The ingredients are essentially the same as traditional poultry seasoning, but with oregano and sometimes North African spices as well. The best poultry seasoning substitutes 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

Walt Whitman wrote that “the United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,” and in a Whitmanian temper I would argue that Frederick Wiseman is the greatest American poet. Review: ‘Monrovia, Indiana’ Is a Sharp, Lyrical Look at Small-Town America 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

It was the most amazing degree; you were essentially self-taught, but with guidance. ‘We were let loose’: my art school days, by Peter Blake, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Steve McQueen and more 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z

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