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Magazine with the motto "Where Black Women Come First" (7)

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I believe the answer is:

essence

(Other definitions for essence that I've seen before include "Vital part of something" , "Extract (eg, of vanilla)" , "Flavour, spirit" , "The heart of" , "Inner nature of anything" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today.
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