the heart
noun
: the central or most important part of something
deep in the heart of the forest
Their offices are in the heart of the city.
Let's get right to the heart of the matter.
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That cuts to the heart of one of the many contradictions in Trump’s movement.
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Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The Novus The biggest addition to Durham's skyline, the 27-story Novus tower, will be completed this year, potentially bringing hundreds of new residents to the heart of downtown.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Using this method to work out the wearer’s heart rate is relatively simple next to doing so for blood pressure, which requires more source information than just the pace at which the heart is beating.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
His ideas were pretty extreme: that institutions at the heart of American intellectual life, like the mainstream media and academia, have been overrun by progressive groupthink and need to be dissolved.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Bill Barrow, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
The Novus The biggest addition to Durham's skyline, the 27-story Novus tower, will be completed this year, potentially bringing hundreds of new residents to the heart of downtown.
—Zachery Eanes, Axios, 20 Jan. 2025
Using this method to work out the wearer’s heart rate is relatively simple next to doing so for blood pressure, which requires more source information than just the pace at which the heart is beating.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
His ideas were pretty extreme: that institutions at the heart of American intellectual life, like the mainstream media and academia, have been overrun by progressive groupthink and need to be dissolved.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“The heart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20heart. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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