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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
Unlike legacy von Neumann architectures that have different resources available for different types of workloads, compute-in-memory designs offer more homogenous cores that can achieve higher utilization across broader workload types.
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Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Researchers from the Prakash Lab and the lab of Kevin Arrigo, professor of Earth system science, extracted ice cores from 12 stations and used a suite of microscopes developed by the Prakash Lab to image inside the ice.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The phone has an A19 processor, which Apple says is faster and more efficient than the A18, with a new neural engine, 16 cores for Apple Intelligence, and better memory bandwidth.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Its ice cores preserve climate records stretching back hundreds of thousands of years.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Subsequent cores and surveys revealed a formation larger than the Grand Canyon.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Any thunderstorm activity will be capable of producing heavy rain, dry lightning strikes (outside of the rain cores) and gusty outflow winds.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The agency responsible for building, maintaining, and storing America's nuclear weapons faces an internal review of its costly effort to reestablish mass production of nuclear warhead cores.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Researchers from the Prakash Lab and the lab of Kevin Arrigo, professor of Earth system science, extracted ice cores from 12 stations and used a suite of microscopes developed by the Prakash Lab to image inside the ice.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The phone has an A19 processor, which Apple says is faster and more efficient than the A18, with a new neural engine, 16 cores for Apple Intelligence, and better memory bandwidth.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Its ice cores preserve climate records stretching back hundreds of thousands of years.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
Subsequent cores and surveys revealed a formation larger than the Grand Canyon.
—Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025
Any thunderstorm activity will be capable of producing heavy rain, dry lightning strikes (outside of the rain cores) and gusty outflow winds.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The agency responsible for building, maintaining, and storing America's nuclear weapons faces an internal review of its costly effort to reestablish mass production of nuclear warhead cores.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cores
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This isn't the first time a dog with an unusual breed mix has melted hearts online.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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For each, the state placed hoods over the men's heads, strapped them in a chair, placed targets over their hearts, and shot them simultaneously with three bullets.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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Scientists have developed a low-cost, compact power module that can be used in data centers, microreactors, and heavy-duty vehicles.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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These include energy consumption—driving GW data centers, thermal management and the time to operationalize that infrastructure.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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With pink kernels that glimmer like precious stones?—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Get the recipe > Saveur’s editor at large Shane Mitchell shared these Southern-style pancakes, which get their subtle chew from fresh corn kernels.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
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Rewriting burial history In the new paper, Berger’s team explained that the bodies became encased in sediment shortly after entering the cave system in at least three locations.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tongue-in-cheek elements stand out at the heart of the store, including a sofa embroidered to depict life-sized silhouettes of three nude bodies.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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The middles seem strong Peter Skoronski, Lloyd Cushenberry III and Kevin Zeitler make up a solid trio in the middle of the offense.—
Nick Suss,
The Tennessean,
18 Aug. 2025
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Slebir’s descent was so dangerous, so hallowed to the surfing community, that videos of it have been set to requiems for the souls of the dead.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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But those poor souls would be missing out on a terrific whiskey that really deserves to be enjoyed.—
Tony Sachs,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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But despite limitations on the number of flights United could fly at one of its key hubs, the airline was able to offer passengers more seats in and out of Newark than in the past by using larger aircrafts.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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China has developed regional hubs in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Jinan, and elsewhere to bring academic, government, and private researchers together.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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This Chardonnay is both a step forward and a nod to its roots, Myers says, as Chardonnay was one of the first grapes that founder Justin Baldwin planted in his vineyard.—
Jeanette Hurt,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The problem is that standing water in the soil deprives roots of oxygen.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Cores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cores. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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