How to Use integral in a Sentence

integral

1 of 2 adjective
  • She had become an integral part of their lives.
  • The train and the briefcase play integral parts in the action.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Carlos has been an integral part of this team, both on and off the field.
    Matt Young, Chron, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The dark and cold of space are integral to Webb’s infrared work.
    Justin Bachman, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2021
  • But Singh’s point of view is in fact integral to hate5six.
    Adlan Jackson, The New Yorker, 19 July 2022
  • And yet no one right now is more integral to the survival of our way of life.
    Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 29 June 2018
  • But of course, a boycott can be an integral part of a strike.
    Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • But yeah, music is very much an integral part of the process for me.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Camp life is an integral part of hunting, perhaps the very crux of the sport.
    Susan Casey, Field & Stream, 6 Dec. 2020
  • The Browns still view him as an integral part of the offense, and have no plans of moving him.
    cleveland, 25 Feb. 2021
  • The supreme court rules that a mosque is not integral to Islam.
    Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
  • Dive bombers were an integral part of the German Blitzkrieg.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • The mine is an integral part of what Adani calls its pit-to-plug model.
    Washington Post, 30 May 2017
  • The agent then becomes an integral part of the textile, Gopal said.
    Hiren Mansukhani, Quartz India, 6 July 2020
  • On the court: Hall will again be an integral part of the Raiders’ attack this season.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Dak is a very, very integral part of the success of this football team.
    Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 16 Oct. 2020
  • For the boys, Aaron Abedin will play an integral role in those two events.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The scenery was an integral part of the design in the sitting room, which looks out over a large bay window.
    Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2022
  • This integral part of the room wasn't an easy feat to accomplish, though.
    Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 30 May 2019
  • Can Aydoğdu has been an integral part of the process for more than a decade.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2023
  • After all, guns are an integral part of life here and in many places across the nation.
    Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 20 Nov. 2018
  • At this rate, the Loewe scents are as integral to the brand as their Paula's Ibiza collabs and Puzzle bags.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2023
  • Shape/Cut The shape of a bra is integral to its comfort, and the right shape for you comes down to preference.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • Swim lessons are still mandatory, and days at the pool are an integral part of life for many.
    Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Perhaps most integral to the heat level is the amount and types of peppers used.
    Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That said, something more along the lines of an integral or something like that.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Driving remained an integral part of life in the state.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • But this scene felt so integral to the plot and moving the story forward.
    Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • At the very least, the authors say their work does bring us closer to knowing how these birds became such an integral part of human civilization.
    Ed Cara / Gizmodo, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • And that's a big problem because these offsets play an integral role in keeping global warming under control.
    Simi Thambi​, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
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integral

2 of 2 noun
  • The target was the mythical DOZZ formula—but the gulf between it and the path integral seemed vast.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • The target was the mythical DOZZ formula — but the gulf between it and the path integral seemed vast.
    Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2021
  • Progress, and much needed for a starter integral to Oakland’s hopes of winning the division and going deep into the postseason.
    Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Both Croot and Bloom broke the integral into parts and proved that one main term was large and positive, and that all the other terms (which could sometimes be negative) were too small to make a meaningful difference.
    Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The procedure for adding up these infinite field configurations with the proper weighting is known as the Feynman path integral.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • The path integral is more of a physics philosophy than an exact mathematical recipe.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • To tally the possibilities implied by a loop, theorists must turn to a summing operation known as an integral.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Democrats have in turn rallied around expanding voting access as both a civil rights issue and one integral to their future political success.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Physicists then take the integral of every possible path an experiment could follow from beginning to end and add those integrals together.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2016
  • But there is one small mercy: Physicists don’t need to calculate every last integral in a complicated Feynman diagram because the vast majority can be lumped together.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The main tools used in the study of these functions are those we have already discussed: representation as integrals, power-series expansions, and differential equations.
    Robert S. Strichartz, The Way of Analysis, 2000
  • The target was the mythical DOZZ formula—but the gulf between it and the path integral seemed vast.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • The target was the mythical DOZZ formula — but the gulf between it and the path integral seemed vast.
    Quanta Magazine, 17 June 2021
  • Progress, and much needed for a starter integral to Oakland’s hopes of winning the division and going deep into the postseason.
    Susan Slusser, SFChronicle.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Both Croot and Bloom broke the integral into parts and proved that one main term was large and positive, and that all the other terms (which could sometimes be negative) were too small to make a meaningful difference.
    Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The procedure for adding up these infinite field configurations with the proper weighting is known as the Feynman path integral.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • The path integral is more of a physics philosophy than an exact mathematical recipe.
    Charlie Wood, Wired, 4 July 2021
  • To tally the possibilities implied by a loop, theorists must turn to a summing operation known as an integral.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Democrats have in turn rallied around expanding voting access as both a civil rights issue and one integral to their future political success.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Physicists then take the integral of every possible path an experiment could follow from beginning to end and add those integrals together.
    Quanta Magazine, 18 Nov. 2016
  • But there is one small mercy: Physicists don’t need to calculate every last integral in a complicated Feynman diagram because the vast majority can be lumped together.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The main tools used in the study of these functions are those we have already discussed: representation as integrals, power-series expansions, and differential equations.
    Robert S. Strichartz, The Way of Analysis, 2000

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