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bull's-eyes

noun

variants or bullseyes
plural of bull's-eye
as in roots
the central part or aspect of something under consideration you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull's-eyes
  1. roots
  2. hearts
  3. cores
  4. essences
  5. kernels
  6. bottom lines
  7. points
Noun
  • After lying dormant for over twenty years, the property has been completely renovated to make the space feel tasteful, modern, and comfortable while continuing to pay tribute to its deep archival roots.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The color was its usual platinum shade with a touch of brown at her roots.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of roots
Noun
  • The masked suspect who fatally shot a beloved barber while trying to steal his handmade Miami Cuban bracelet outside a Queens strip club ran off empty-handed, but left those who knew the victim with an unfathomable hole in their hearts.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Our hearts are with his family, his friends, and every member who worked alongside him.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of hearts
Noun
  • Those are added on top of four P-cores and six E-cores for a total of 12 CPU cores.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Our review unit levels up the already powerful M5 Ultra with additional processing and graphics cores, delivering a 36-core processor and an 80-core GPU for an additional $1,300.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cores
Noun
  • Wittgenstein proposed to abandon the appeal to essences for the concept of family resemblance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • To experience a thicker, chewier noodle, order the tsukemen (dipping-style ramen) with a broth, as dense as gravy, fusing the essences of pork, chicken and fish.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of essences
Noun
  • Harvesting too early on immature beds also affects the maturation of the rice kernels over time, officials said.
    — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The damp fibers grab onto the silky strands and lift them away from the kernels in just a few passes.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of kernels
Noun
  • But perhaps a more important factor is that mortgage rate buydowns, free upgrades and other incentives are eating into their bottom lines.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • There’s things that get emphasized for entertainment, for bottom lines, for metrics.
    — David Katz, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of bottom lines
Noun
  • These—which would soon earn its authors comparisons to Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Spanish Inquisition, and which would be called the Jurenberg Laws, reminiscent of the Nuremberg Laws—included seven points.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Republicans lead Democrats on border security and crime by over 20 percentage points, but are significantly less popular on data centers and healthcare — Democrats score 12 points higher than Republicans on the former and over 20 on the latter.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of points
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“Bull's-eyes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%27s-eyes. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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