Of what significance are the things you can forget?.    From LearnThat.org.  [Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher and naturalist.]

The significance of a red traffic light.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The significance of his remark became clear only later.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Do not underestimate the significance of nuclear power.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

In scholarly writing, the term significance refers to a very specialized statistical feature known in most fields as statistical significance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Media Violence, Aggression, and Policy] Reference

The significance is nothing to do with any strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carry-Over Thread] Reference

But is there any long-term significance in these gaffes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

The long-term significance of this finding is not yet known.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gina Solomon: Oil Spills and Human Health: Lessons from History] Reference

The long term significance of today's behavior and choices (ours).    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

A look at the medium - and longer-term significance of the crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollars & Sense blog] Reference

That, too, alters in significance with shifts in Brian Engel's savvy lighting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forum Theatre's 'Scorched': Rambling play acted with admirable force] Reference

I don't think that you can read long-term significance into next year, necessarily.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 3, 2009] Reference

What significance is there in Jerry's reappearance, after a long, five-year absence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner: Questions] Reference

The industry fails to recognize the long-term significance and risks of this new tech.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Could Doctors Go the Way of Record Companies?] Reference

There is no long-term significance to the characters, because any consequences are reversible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

"The short-term significance is the perception that he's a different kind of leader," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Children's experiences are, she claims, 'devoid of cohesive narrative and long-term significance'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of Civilization As We Know It] Reference

From this we see that the significance of the Hebrew words translated hearth is not the same as with us.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smith's Bible Dictionary] Reference

It is too early to draw conclusions about what the long-term significance of this sort of influence might be.    From Wordnik.com.  [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference

What significance is there to the fact that Alex is the first one to prevent Josie from being friends with Peter?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult: Questions] Reference

Of equal significance is that it will require not only acquiescence, but affirmative cooperation by male leaders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manisha Singh: An Additional Thought on Empowering Women to Advance Societies] Reference

You can read the rest of Seumas Milne's brilliant piece on the long-term significance of the miners 'strike, here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Neil Clark] Reference

We draw great significance from the fact that I'm the oldest-the most mature, the most maternal - and Carmen is the baby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: The Second Summer of The Sisterhood by Ann Brashares] Reference

Perhaps of more statistical significance is point differential, and the Suns are second, behind only the San Antonio Spurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Suns ready to rise for playoff offensive] Reference

The easiest way to prevent statistical significance is by using a pathetically small number of subjects in your experiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jeffrey Smith: GE Salmon? Are You Out of Your Minds?!] Reference

But those losses paled in significance last summer, when doctors told her she might not play again because of a wrist injury.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Kim Clijsters powers past Pierce for U.S. Open crown] Reference

Chicago would be Rome but for this frozen ocean, not that its significance is known to anyone who doesn’t live alongside it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Excerpt: Consumption by Kevin Patterson] Reference

"The policy has a long-term significance to help combat poverty in the target districts," said SBV's Governor Nguyen Van Giau.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

While it's too early to tell the long-term significance of such sites, there's no question that their number is growing rapidly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Purchasing - Top Stories] Reference

What may be of greater long-term significance for this franchise is the positive manner in which the front office dealt with this.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference

But of longer-term significance was Saudi Arabia's apparent readiness to raise its production capacity to 15 million barrels a day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oil Jumps Despite Saudi Pledge] Reference

It may be the biggest unreported story of 2009 and one with the most important long term significance for the region and for the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Farahnaz Ispahani: One Year of the Zardari Presidency] Reference

FEEHERY: What is it that has long-term significance for the country, and not just for special interests scattered throughout the country?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 2, 2009] Reference

As the Zen Master taught, we usually don't have the perspective to understand the long-term significance of events that occur in our lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alan Lurie: Why do we Suffer? Three Possibilities] Reference

Less expectedly, but of great long term significance, Wilson also provoked a debate that ultimately fuelled the nationalist movement. â€.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Economic Times] Reference

RUMSFELD: In the middle of a long struggle, it is sometimes difficult to see the longer-term significance of events and battles along the way.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2004] Reference

"Our store has partnered with SUNY Fredonia on several initiatives over the years, but perhaps none have had the long-term significance as this might.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The OBSERVER] Reference

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's 11-1 vote to approve the climate proposal may have little long term significance in shaping the final bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Republic Broadcasting Network] Reference

In particular the report on the resignation of Ian Paisley Junior reflects the background, the long-term significance, and the human aspects of a critical political development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

We will find other instances of his significance from the English standpoint, but his being English, of course, would have a small part in explaining the importance of his prints.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut] Reference