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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 centers
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 kernels
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 bodies
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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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
Additionally, their cores can (usually) be removed, allowing sealant to be injected through them into tubeless tires.
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New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2026
Since then, the plant has produced large volumes of water contaminated with radioactive substances used to cool the reactor cores.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
After the expedition, once the researchers returned to their home laboratories, this finding was confirmed by analyzing silt, mud, rock fragments, and microfossils that also came up in the sediment cores.
—Keiji Horikawa, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
Not all neutron stars are created equal When stars with around 10 times the mass of the sun exhaust their fuel for nuclear fusion, their cores collapse under their own gravity, sending shockwaves rippling out that trigger a supernova explosion and blow away the outer layers of that star.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Beyond those individual performers, both teams’ formidable young cores have stepped forward to the point where the Ducks lead the Pacific while the Blackhawks sit in a wild-card spot in the more competitive Central Division.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 6 Dec. 2025
This indicated that these sediment cores could indeed identify areas where human remains were located at a site, Meyer-Kaiser said.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
Sure, the Moon and Mars both have dead cores, and surface magnetic fields that vary incoherently over the surface of those worlds.
—Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025
Sulfuric aerosols trapped in ice cores suggest that a truly massive volcanic eruption took place in 1809, followed by a succession of smaller eruptions that culminated in the staggering explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cores
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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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My message this week is about not letting our hearts be troubled, and Jesus is the way.—
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One of Actum’s largest clients is AltaMed Health Services Corporation, a federally-qualified network of community health centers in Los Angeles.—
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This could be achieved by, for example, targeting presidential offices, military headquarters, key data centers, and other telecommunications hubs.—
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It’s served alongside a slab of cold sweet potato and garnished with hefty kernels of the dent corn called choclo.—
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Like corn kernels in slowly heating oil, the orca sightings began sparse and unpredictable.—
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In Iranian Muslim culture, dead bodies are typically washed and then covered in white cotton fabric before burial.—
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Separate mobile-camera footage from Fardis, a city about 50 kilometers (31 miles) west of Tehran, showed at least seven bodies covered in blood inside a building.—
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They are led by junior outside hitter Grace Houston (318 kills) and middles Kaylani Feliciano-Taele (227), Brooke Stark (151) and Samantha Nichols (124).—
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House Flies House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.—
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Finally, the news came that at least 56 souls had been killed in the strikes.—
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Trump has always been a mirror for other people’s souls, an X-ray revealing America’s dysfunction.—
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Reliability, flexibility, and fast, on time delivery guide development, with specifications tailored to local markets and customers, from last mile hubs and national distribution to cold storage, production facilities, and data centres.—
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While the three recent transactions point to pockets of strength in the South Bay apartment sector, some residential hubs are struggling beneath the weight of financial setbacks.—
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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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Leaving stems and leaves intact through winter provides extra insulation to plant roots and crowns and protects plants from cold damage.—
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“Cores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cores. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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