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the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of human migration into space
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Recent Examples of kernel
If wheat is infected during flowering, the fungus colonizes, killing the florets, and kernels don’t develop.
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The poisonous kernels are responsible for a significant number of suicides and homicides, particularly in rural areas of South Asia.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
But exaggeration must start with a kernel of truth.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
As with many of Trump’s ideas, there is more than a kernel of truth in his claims.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
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Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
The poisonous kernels are responsible for a significant number of suicides and homicides, particularly in rural areas of South Asia.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 30 May 2025
But exaggeration must start with a kernel of truth.
—Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025
As with many of Trump’s ideas, there is more than a kernel of truth in his claims.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kernel
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The billion-dollar tourist attraction with south Texas roots has been inching north into other states and is on track to start building a new location off Village West Parkway in KCK this year.—
Sofi Zeman,
Kansas City Star,
26 June 2025
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With restaurants and humanitarian missions around the world, Chef José Andrés is globally renowned but always returns to his birthplace, Asturias, to reconnect with his roots.—
Rana Good,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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At the time, activists were organizing a protest at the property for Sunday, the same day that a core group of private contractors was planning to hold a meeting on site.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
28 June 2025
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History is also at the core of the third installation, which may be my favorite.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 June 2025
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Peter Orner, Still No Word from You: Notes in the Margins (Catapult) Orner is a virtuoso of subtlety, nuance, and essence.—
Donna Seaman
June 18,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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In essence, all this accomplishes is to enable some devious shopkeepers to charge their fellow Jews even more money in these challenging times for adhering to dietary laws.—
Michael Isaacson,
Sun Sentinel,
18 June 2025
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Rather than solely leaning on designing for moneyed families and those with means to drop thousands on new pieces each season, the designer opts to create from his heart.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
22 June 2025
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Roth went right for Rubin’s heart, invoking the Paul Skenes Topps MLB Debut Patch autographed one-of-one card that famously sold for $1.11 million to Dick’s Sporting Goods in March.—
Larry Holder,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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“Kernel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kernel. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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