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as in heart
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 center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
the capitol building is the core of the political life of the state
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as in essence
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
at last, we come to the core of the issue that has been dividing us
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as in body
the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts
a starfish can even survive the division of its core into two parts; both halves then regenerate
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Recent Examples of core
The core concerns of anyone considering a hair transplant in Turkey are safety, natural results, durability, and accountability.
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Wyles Daniel, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Sixteen treatment rooms, including couples suites, a full-service salon, and several restorative lounges—including a spa garden—form the core of the experience.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
As spring training looms, Padres fans can see a good core, while expecting that Preller will upgrade several spots between now and the summer trade deadline.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Miami is the core of his childhood.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for core
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Kipling City Pack Backpack Pocket space is at the very heart of this backpack’s design, which has over five different compartments on the interior and exterior.—
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What the museum dream team did not see was the pain in our hearts about this jail.—
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It’ll be deployed to Google DeepMind and Hyundai’s Robotics Metaplant Applications center in the coming months, and additional customers will adopt it in early 2027.—
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This path begins with choosing leaders who will put principle over politics and ideology, with a promise to focus on the middle class as the center of every policy.—
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In this poetry collection, Vilariño strips poetry to its essence—distilling love, loss, and the inexorable passage of time into spare yet searing verses.—
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Stripped to their symbolic essence, the erotics of Frankenstein are about the body as meat, electrified by carnal pleasure and unencumbered by the soul.—
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Stokes, who seldom completes a five-Test series these days, had dragged his creaking, aching body through almost five full matches of hard, hot, energy-sapping cricket, like scraping butter over too much bread, but somehow soldiering on.—
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The hardware is built for intimacy, pairing a soft exterior with full-body sensors that react to a user’s touch on its head or neck.—
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No longer limited to skulking around on a bar cart, metallic finishes like aluminum and brass are in the midst of a dazzling comeback.—
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The Dolphins entered the game 2-7 in the midst of one of the worst seasons in franchise history.—
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Despite the snappy interiors, replete with a mural, crimson paint and a wall of soaring floor-to-ceiling windows (ideal for people watching while adding heaps of natural light to the space), the soul of Tacos Los Cholos remains untouched.—
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Designers and clients agree 'soul' is the most important home trend of the year.—
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Food hubs can increase local food access by aggregating food products from small to mid-sized farms and distributing them to underserved communities, schools, hospitals and retail stores.—
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The flight originated in Alexandria, Louisiana, home to the largest deportation hub in the United States, then made a stop in Atlanta, and continued south to Tapachula, according to ICE Flight Monitor, which tracks ICE flight data on behalf of Human Rights First, an advocacy group.—
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No one could trace the secret roots of Skinny Pedro’s devotion to the world of machines.—
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Short-term fixes alone are unlikely to address the root causes of affordability and, if misguided, could even prove counterproductive.—
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“Core.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/core. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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