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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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New York is the quintessential big city.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And this august body of quintessential back-room people must now press loudly and firmly for this to happen.
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In Paris, the quintessential city of freedom and discretion, he could lead a double life.
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It was the quintessential Knight roster: No superstars, but balanced, cohesive and, above all, consistent.
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They stood, she thought, the quintessential family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopeful unknown.
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Thus Rosalind Krauss can argue that photography is the quintessential surrealist art form.