Thesaurus results for HEARTS

hearts

noun

plural of heart

as in centers

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest the heart of the village economy was the outdoor market

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as in roots

the central part or aspect of something under consideration at the heart of the problem is the school's outmoded computer system avoided any small talk and got right to the heart of the matter

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as in souls

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions deep down in her heart, she knew he was telling the truth

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Recent Examples of hearts Ashley Padilla Padilla, who captured hearts as a star cast member of SNL this past year, made the room laugh with a toast full of jokes and references to her most notable sketches. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 30 Oct. 2026 Patients need their daily medications and their hearts, lungs and bellies must be listened to. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026 Still more of us probably spent the last few weeks changing our minds and hearts about someone or something important to us. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 The agave hearts, or pinas, are harvested and then cooked, crushed, fermented, and distilled. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026 Especially the couple who had just tangoed their hearts out on the dance floor. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2026 Even the way his models walk, sometimes with their hands by their hearts, seems to tell us something essential about Haider. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 But nearly all organs — including hearts and lungs — can only be donated after death. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 This book honors that shared history—and celebrates the many hands, hearts, and memories behind 50 years of Blackberry Farm. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Much of Modi’s comedy centers on differences between various kinds of Jews, a friction that elicits knowing laughters from his (largely, but not wholly) Jewish audience.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
In 2012, as part of a nationwide cost-cutting move, the Postal Service closed the mail processing centers in Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines and shifted the work sorting Broward’s mail to the Opa-locka center in Miami-Dade County.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of centers

Noun

Erika, 16, is a third-generation Japanese-Brazilian who feels like an outsider in the country she was born in and wants nothing to do with her family’s roots.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
The Cheesecake Factory The Cheesecake Factory's roots were in Beverly Hills, California, where David Overton opened the first restaurant in 1978 to showcase his mother Evelyn's cheesecakes.

— Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of roots

Noun

But only a handful of souls have ever gone up the treacherous, unforgiving north face — 9,000 steep miles of snow, rock and ice with a gnarly gully given the forbidding name the Hornbein Couloir.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Here the final abode of souls redeemed by Christ in heaven is depicted as an intricate urban environment.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of souls

Noun

Unlike many other capitals, where residential areas are usually found outside of the city’s main sights, here, those neighborhoods are built in and around all the sight-seeing big-hitters.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
Although Flávio retained his lead in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Lula won their capitals, Brazil’s two largest cities and reversed the first-round result in the city of Rio.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of capitals

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For that, the Atlas 8 provides Arc B390 graphics with 12 Xe3 GPU cores, paired with 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM.

— Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026
That's a six-core CPU with two performance cores and four efficiency cores, paired with a five-core GPU that also supports ray tracing.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cores

Noun

This can be especially uncomfortable when the prevailing narrative holds its own special significance, but pondering such complexities strengthens our minds and our spirits.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Her post was largely met with disapproval during a time when cost of living expenses are very much on people’s minds.

— Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of minds

Noun

As a result, pediatric intensive care has become centralized in medical hubs, requiring critically ill children to travel farther for lifesaving care.

— CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
As emerging economies and coastal hubs face growing power shortfalls, modular floating plants offer a way to secure grid capacity while keeping the door open to future hydrogen adoption.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of hubs

Noun

Essential oils, oleoresins, essences and distillates all qualify, as do protein hydrolysates and any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
Finish Skin Prep With a Toner or Essence After cleansing, a toning step can remove any leftover impurities from the pores and balance the skin’s pH level, while essences—which have a slightly thicker texture—tend to be more hydrating.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026