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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
Narrow tree cores – the diameter of a pencil – have been pulled from some of the planet’s oldest trees.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
But Becerra remained the clear Democratic favorite in South County, in the urban cores of Escondido and San Marcos, as well as most of Vista and Oceanside.
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Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
The company claims cores running above five gigahertz, more than thirty percent faster than competing designs, with configurations exceeding 250 cores, all built on the Oryon architecture Qualcomm developed in-house through its acquisition of Nuvia.
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Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Researchers recovered 60 box cores and 62 multicores from the seabed, generating 4,059 samples that will undergo laboratory analysis.
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Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
Stars become red giants when the hydrogen in their cores is exhausted, and that core collapses.
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Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikeable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and in town cores.
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Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
Unlike stars, which generate energy from thermonuclear fusion in their cores, brown dwarfs are too small to have ongoing fusion power.
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Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
Surface Pro 12th Edition The new 13-inch Surface Pro 12th Edition starts at $1,499 and offers a Snapdragon X2 Plus with 10 cores or an X2 Elite with 12 cores.
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Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
But Becerra remained the clear Democratic favorite in South County, in the urban cores of Escondido and San Marcos, as well as most of Vista and Oceanside.
—
Kristen Taketa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 June 2026
The company claims cores running above five gigahertz, more than thirty percent faster than competing designs, with configurations exceeding 250 cores, all built on the Oryon architecture Qualcomm developed in-house through its acquisition of Nuvia.
—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Researchers recovered 60 box cores and 62 multicores from the seabed, generating 4,059 samples that will undergo laboratory analysis.
—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 June 2026
Stars become red giants when the hydrogen in their cores is exhausted, and that core collapses.
—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
22 June 2026
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikeable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and in town cores.
—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
Unlike stars, which generate energy from thermonuclear fusion in their cores, brown dwarfs are too small to have ongoing fusion power.
—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
Surface Pro 12th Edition The new 13-inch Surface Pro 12th Edition starts at $1,499 and offers a Snapdragon X2 Plus with 10 cores or an X2 Elite with 12 cores.
—
Jon Martindale,
PC Magazine,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cores
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Millennials have a soft spot in their hearts for babydoll tops.
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Our hearts go out to the people who were lost, their families, and everyone who has been impacted.
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Lahore is the capital of Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province, where many parents send their children to private tutoring centers in the afternoon and evening.
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Kennard could have provided a critical floor-spacing piece around Doncic, who thrives when surrounded by lob-catching centers, athletic wings and knockdown shooters.
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Grill ears in their husks, then cut the kernels from the cob and add them to salads, salsas, grain bowls, or vegetable dishes.
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Queue our first montage of black-and-white movie clips (this time from The Hustler) that tip us off to the cinematic kernels from which Sugar learned to charm a civilian.
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Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house.
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Further, will sport governing bodies award national competitions to states like California, who do not protect females?
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House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
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Point Loma’s middles dominated, with 6-foot-5 Trevor Rutt and 6-4 Waylon Lundeen taking advantage of the undersized Cardinals.
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Nowhere has Hollywood left its mark quite like this desert town of 6,000 souls on the banks of the Rio Grande.
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Spiritual progress requires fighting against the natural downward inclination of our souls—though fighting, oddly, is also the problem.
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Artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering America's economic geography, enabling businesses to operate globally while reducing reliance on traditional urban hubs.
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The airport is one of only two commercial aviation hubs in the United States to feature terminal gambling (the other is Reno-Tahoe International Airport).
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Aniston, on the other hand, leaned into the shoe's casual roots, wearing hers with jeans and a tank top for a relaxed look that felt quintessentially summer.
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The dynamic Sun in your 9th House of Exploration quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 4th House of Home, so growth calls while roots demand attention.
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“Cores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cores. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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