How to Use at the root of in a Sentence

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• Is that at the root of this problem?
  — NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025
• The blues, after all, is at the root of it all.
  — Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
• That’s what often is at the root of sports and good deeds.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
• To use the tool, start at the root of your wet hair and slowly drag it down.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• This tension is at the root of everything for me.
  — Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
• Human connection is at the root of my work.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
• That idea is at the root of Salesforce’s stock struggles this year.
  — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
• But while the strength of the players’ feeling is not in doubt, what lies at the root of it is less clear.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• But there is shrewd anxiety at the root of his public fumbling.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
• Locals claim combining a cold plunge with a hot sauna is at the root of well-being.
  — Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
• Vague school rules are at the root of millions of student suspensions.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024
• Differences such as these could be at the root of stuttering.
  — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2021
• Indeed, habits are at the root of success, but also of failure.
  — Xavier Preterit, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• Johnson is convinced that at the root of many workplace challenges are work wounds.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
• So, if bad brain chemistry isn’t at the root of chronic depression, what is?
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024
• If there is a health issue at the root of this outburst, adding to her distress feels cruel.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
• According to sources, at the root of their problems is jealousy.
  — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Jan. 2026
• What’s at the root of your interest in this subject matter?
  — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
• Others counter that efforts like the teacher calm rooms don’t get at the root of the problem.
  — Kalia Yee, oregonlive, 26 June 2023
• The long nozzle helps to get in between each braid or cornrow to break up the gunk that forms at the root of your hair.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 10 Sep. 2022
• Is there something in your own experience that is at the root of this story?
  — Dean Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
• Changes to that are at the root of Congress’ fight over funding the government.
  — Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
• For Earl, this was at the root of his frustration with Iger’s comments.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• The pitching staff would be at the root of the next two World Series titles, too.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Microbes are at the root of healthy soil, the root of animal digestion and the root of, well, roots.
  — Julia Skinner, Longreads, 16 July 2022
• Yeah, and at the root of the problem for both parties, Anna is the economy.
  — NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
• Beyond policy, there are design issues at the root of some of these problems.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2022
• What is at the root of the strange occurrences at Skinwalker Ranch?
  — Brenda Cain, cleveland, 25 July 2023
• There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons at the root of that insidious process.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
• One of the things at the root of populism is conspiracy theory.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Oct. 2024