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• n  the quality of being significant
  do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power
• n  a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
  the significance of his remark became clear only later
• n  the message that is intended or expressed or signified
  the significance of a red traffic light

• He hooked us on football as show biz and gave Sunday (and Monday) a new kind of religious significance.
• The cloning of an adult sheep raised the specter of science outpacing our moral processing power and had a historic significance that will ripple through the next century.
• The Cuban missile crisis illustrates not the significance but the insignificance of nuclear superiority in the face of survivable thermonuclear retaliatory forces.

• import
• implication
• meaning
• signification

• insignificance

News & Articles

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• LHC hands out Significance Awards
  LYNN — The Caledonia on Union Street, Washington Square Residence and High Rock Tower have all been recognized for standing up to the test of time during the Lynn Historical Commission’s third annual Significance Awards.
  June 12, 2013 - The Daily Item
• Students learn holiday's meaning
  Ridgefield -- Before Memorial Day, thousands of young students learned about the significance of the holiday through civics lessons and flag presentations by local Lions Clubs. Lions members and volunteers distributed more than 6,000 small American flags to first-graders at 75 schools in Southwest Washington. Many classrooms, including in Union Ridge Elementary where teacher Jody McDonald taught ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Columbian
• With Waze, Google Signals Arrival Of New Business Model
  Google's purchase of Waze has gripped commentators who see it as a defensive move against Facebook or Apple. But as I wrote earlier it is actually a move deeper into the crowd and we need to reflect on that broader significance.
  June 12, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in NPR
  We are within a few hours, I think, of agreeing a global plan for economic recovery and reform and I think the significance of this is that we are looking at every aspect,Brown said.
• John McCain in San Francisco Chronicle
  This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight,McCain said, adding that the US had moved "a world away" from its racist past by...
• David Trimble in The Associated Press
  I recognize the significance of the decision to include an international element and I understand the constitutional and political niceties that surround that,Trimble said. "I can say that we are all determined that the inquiry be rigorous...