cruxes

variants also cruces
plural of crux

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • 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
  • The problem is that standing water in the soil deprives roots of oxygen.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With pink kernels that glimmer like precious stones?
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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.
    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
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