boil down

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Recent Examples of boil down Meditation Though meditation often sounds like a complicated practice, it can be boiled down to a simple notion—one single point of focus. Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2025 Instead, the basics boil down to single button inputs combined with a direction, with more complex skills demanding holding down two or three buttons at once. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025 For Laura, that missing context often boils down to her own unconscious class prejudice. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025 What both examples illustrate is how quickly gerrymandering boils down to power. Matt Klink, Oc Register, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boil down
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Verb
  • The Regional Task Force on Homelessness releases monthly data summarizing the number of individuals losing a place to stay for the first time.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Now, even lighthearted comments can be captured, summarized and circulated.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • This is the new reality of how CX work can get done if businesses follow the four phases outlined above.
    Munil Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Budd, a Democrat representing House District 103 in south Mecklenburg County, outlined a four-part plan during a news conference Monday that would devote more resources toward law enforcement, courts and state health care infrastructure.
    Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025

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