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cardinal

adjective

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Of primary or fundamental importance.

Accuracy is a cardinal requirement for the archive's catalog.
Dictionary practice example.
For the neighborhood puzzle hunt, a cardinal requirement was that every printed clue lead to a location participants could actually access.
From Choosing What Deserves Attention.
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