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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Consciousness rather than inanimate matter is the quintessence of his natural world.
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Mercury was believed to possess magical properties and some regarded it as the quintessence of the human body and of all substances.
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Newell and Simon wanted to know how our brains and minds function; they wanted to discover the quintessence of intelligence.
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Well, she thought the caravan was the quintessence of OK-ness.