cores

plural of core
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as in hearts
the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions in my very core I knew that an injustice was being committed

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as in middles
an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface the mountain rises from ground that is almost precisely at the island's core

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Recent Examples of cores These stellar remnants are created when stars with masses similar to that of the sun exhaust their fuel for nuclear fusion, the process that converts hydrogen to helium in their cores. Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024 Microscopic analysis of the sediment cores will also help the team analyze the way the eruption affected marine creatures and the chemistry of the seafloor. Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024 So rather than having a single processor that executed instructions one at a time, Nvidia’s first GPU had a dozen specialized cores—effectively tiny CPUs—that worked in parallel to paint a scene. Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024 Over time, Moore’s Law enabled Nvidia to make GPUs with tens, hundreds, and eventually thousands of computing cores. Ars Technica, 20 Dec. 2024 That’s important because later in life these stars will finish burning through the hydrogen in their cores. Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024 Many heavy elements are produced this way, including gold, while the cores of the merging neutron stars produce either a more massive neutron star or a black hole. Big Think, 19 Dec. 2024 This could mean that game threads were sent to lower power E-cores or otherwise not given priority and sent to higher-performing P-cores. Antony Leather, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Coronal mass ejections leave a geological record on Earth—an elevated level of a radioactive carbon isotope that appears in tree rings and ice cores. Gayoung Lee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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  • In the days after a 15-year-old girl shot and killed another student and a teacher, and wounded six others before taking her own life, faith and community leaders across southern Wisconsin have joined hands and hearts with crowds of people who are heavy with grief, fear and uncertainty.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The set comes with pre-cut vegetables and fruit that fasten together in the middle with Velcro, allowing kids to slice to their hearts' content.
    Chaunie Brusie, RN, Parents, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • The Village now looks like the original safe space, apart from the mainstream world and ready to help anyone reinvent themselves or stumble upon like-minded souls, face to face.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2024
  • As these desperate souls cling to life the only thing that remains is hope.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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  • On Thursday, a day before the Starbucks walkouts, the Teamsters union announced strikes at seven Amazon delivery hubs.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Nordstrom, founded in 1901 as a shoe retailer, operates 93 Nordstrom department stores, about 300 Rack off-price stores, and six Nordstrom Locals, which operate as service hubs.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
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  • Its purpose is to replicate the physics of a star by fusing the nuclei of atoms, thereby generating limitless fusion energy.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Fusion, the process of fusing atomic nuclei to release vast amounts of energy, is the same reaction that powers stars like our Sun.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
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  • When Gose walked the next guy, too, he was lifted with the bases re-loaded.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Russia is talking to those in charge about keeping its military bases in Syria.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • An unexpected delicious surprise was the Tenderloin Wraps meats with cucumber, lettuce, daikon kimchi, Korean BBQ marinade, ssamjang dipping sauce.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And, it wouldn’t be considered an Italian chophouse without a serious focus on thick meats.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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“Cores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cores. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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