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Josh Stones was the first to react, smashing a first-time shot goalwards that Rochdale substitute Tyler Smith blocked, but crucially did so just behind the line.—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Locating a data center with on-site battery energy storage in a neighborhood and, crucially, connecting them both thermally and electrically could create a small-scale energy community.—Gregor Henze, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026 Yet digital death differs, crucially, from the genuine article.—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 The Week The dysfunction track, crucially, writes itself.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crucially