Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
IMPORTANCES
Noun
importances
plural of importance
Source: Wiktionary
IMPORTANCE
Im*por"tance, n. Etym: [F. importance. See Important.]
1. The quality or state of being important; consequence; weight; moment; significance. Thy own importance know, Nor bound thy narrow views to things below. Pope.
2. Subject; matter. [Obs.] Upon importance of so slight and trivial a nature. Shak.
3. Import; meaning; significance. [Obs.] The wisest beholder could not say if the importance were joy or sorrow. Shak.
4. Importunity; solicitation. [Obs.] At our importance hither is he come. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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