as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the crux of the problem is that the school's current budget is totally inadequate
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The father-son duo were the emotional crux of many a Glee plotline, from Kurt’s bullying trauma to Burt’s cancer diagnosis.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 May 2024
While viewers know the film’s crux is a damning interview, its plot provides a roadmap and the personal motivations that led each figure there.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Narratively speaking, the story’s crux is an unlikely friendship.
—Longreads, 2 Feb. 2024
This impersonality is all the more dismaying because the dramatic crux of the film is exceptionally effective.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 May 2024
While viewers know the film’s crux is a damning interview, its plot provides a roadmap and the personal motivations that led each figure there.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Narratively speaking, the story’s crux is an unlikely friendship.
—Longreads, 2 Feb. 2024
This impersonality is all the more dismaying because the dramatic crux of the film is exceptionally effective.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
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In essence, the Magic Trackpad is just a larger version of the touchpad found on MacBooks.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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In essence, the Fed has satisfied its dual mandate of keeping inflation and unemployment low.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Despite recent off-message moments, his team thinks he’s done enough to win and that his core argument — that the Biden-Harris administration broke the economy and border and Trump will fix it — will carry him to victory.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Those losses come on top of the nearly $40 billion in core operating losses that Boeing has reported since two fatal crashes led to a 20-month grounding of its best-selling jet, the 737 Max, in 2019 and 2020.Chris Isidore, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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His jazz roots influenced his work across genres, bringing a sense of sophistication and complexity to popular music, while making jazz more accessible to broader audiences.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Wonder hit the road with a brand of idealism steeped in his 1960s roots and the unity message of his personal hero the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.Brian McCollum, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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In today’s deal, North’s leap to four hearts is preemptive, and West doubles that outrage with his 23 high-card points.Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Scherzinger wrote alongside a prayer emoji and a heart emoji.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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The 49ers’ point total (23) was a modest one, in part because Jake Moody missed three field goals before connecting from 44 yards on the game-winner.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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His career-high 25 points revealed a momentary glimpse of scoring potential.Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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With unified signals from both the program and the underlying infrastructure, the SRE can track error rates by kernel version to ensure the roll-out doesn’t impact end applications.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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For this purpose, a kernel density estimation was applied to the study blocks, the results of which are consistent with the densities recorded in other Mayan archeological sites such as Oxpemul and Becan.Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Crux.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crux. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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