to the core
idiom
: in a very complete or extreme way
—used for emphasis
He is patriotic to the core.
Her family is English to the core.
He's rotten to the core.
They were shaken to the core.
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Following the tradition of English common law, it was understood that a property owner held everything from the heavens to the core of the Earth.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 July 2025
Both breakthroughs were seen to cut to the core of range anxiety — the fear that an electric car battery will run out of charge on the road and a major sticking point preventing consumers from switching to an EV..
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 July 2025
This paradoxical moral blindness makes meat-eaters view vegans and veganism as threats to their moral self-image and to the core of their group identity.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The false promise of carbon capture The appeal of carbon capture and storage, in theory, was that it could be bolted on to an existing factory with minimal changes to the core process and the carbon pollution would go away.
—Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 July 2025
Both breakthroughs were seen to cut to the core of range anxiety — the fear that an electric car battery will run out of charge on the road and a major sticking point preventing consumers from switching to an EV..
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 July 2025
This paradoxical moral blindness makes meat-eaters view vegans and veganism as threats to their moral self-image and to the core of their group identity.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The false promise of carbon capture The appeal of carbon capture and storage, in theory, was that it could be bolted on to an existing factory with minimal changes to the core process and the carbon pollution would go away.
—Andres Clarens, The Conversation, 23 June 2025
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“To the core.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20core. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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