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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She is shaken to the core by the loss of her royal safety net.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2025
She is shaken to the core by the loss of her royal safety net.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
In addition to the core functions of a password manager, Proton Pass offers its free customers access to their logins across all devices and the ability to create email aliases, which can help reduce scams and spam messages in your inbox.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The Federal Reserve estimates tariffs are contributing five-tenths or six-tenths to the core personal consumption expenditures price index, the central bank's preferred measure of inflation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last week.
—Courtney Reagan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Nov. 2025
She is shaken to the core by the loss of her royal safety net.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 18 Nov. 2025
In addition to the core functions of a password manager, Proton Pass offers its free customers access to their logins across all devices and the ability to create email aliases, which can help reduce scams and spam messages in your inbox.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
The Federal Reserve estimates tariffs are contributing five-tenths or six-tenths to the core personal consumption expenditures price index, the central bank's preferred measure of inflation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last week.
—Courtney Reagan, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
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“To the core.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20core. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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