as in heart
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the need for a greater sense of self-reliance is the keynote of his self-help message
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Other sessions include a keynote exploring the relationships between food and society, a three-hour demonstration with Wilton Rancheria on how to process acorns to eat, a panel introducing the Slow Food farms of Sacramento and caviar tasting with Tsar Nicoulai Caviar.
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Allvin made the announcement during his keynote at the Air and Space Forces’ Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's wife, will deliver keynote remarks, days after Turning Point USA elected her to lead the organization as its new CEO, stepping into her late-husband's role.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
The Meta Connect keynote delivered several major announcements, but the standout was unquestionably the Meta Ray-Ban Display, Meta’s latest smart glasses and the first to feature an integrated waveguide display.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Allvin made the announcement during his keynote at the Air and Space Forces’ Air, Space and Cyber Conference.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2025
Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's wife, will deliver keynote remarks, days after Turning Point USA elected her to lead the organization as its new CEO, stepping into her late-husband's role.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
The Meta Connect keynote delivered several major announcements, but the standout was unquestionably the Meta Ray-Ban Display, Meta’s latest smart glasses and the first to feature an integrated waveguide display.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for keynote
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Your Heart Rate and Blood Pressure May Rise Green tea supports heart health, but may temporarily raise heart rate and blood pressure due to its caffeine content.—
Regina Windsor,
Verywell Health,
8 Oct. 2025
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These are lessons that leaders should take to heart and employ much more today.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Startups are advertising ‘AI employees’ and the likes of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz are talking of AI ‘productizing and unbundling’ the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector that executes the core functions of corporations around the globe.—
Adam Gale,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Why This Refurbished Powerhouse Is Worth It The Surface Book 3 combines an elegant aluminum body with a 15-inch PixelSense touch screen, backed by a quad-core 10th Gen Intel Core i7 processor and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 graphics.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 2025
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The essence of impartial justice is treating like conduct alike—not identifying the target and then finding the crime.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The essence of Bessent’s bet is that, with US financial muscle behind him, Milei can win them.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Although his own roots are Baptist, the North Little Rock native is no stranger to the Methodist hymnal.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Oct. 2025
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That legacy hasn’t faded, but the region feels freshly alive these days as chefs, artists, and creative entrepreneurs put down roots.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Oct. 2025
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But the performance his Seattle Seahawks delivered in a 38-35 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday really drove the point home.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Christie finished the game with 12 points, two rebounds and three assists and was the team’s second leading scorer and tied for the lead in Plus/Minus.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Oct. 2025
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The kernels are removed and puréed.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Though the eco mode struggled to pick up a popcorn kernel, the turbo mode handled it easily.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
6 Oct. 2025
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His gist is both elegant and internally consistent as well as wholly unique.—
Abraham Josephine Riesman,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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There was still some vagueness around specifics, but the basic gist of the deal is that European imports to the U.S. will mostly be tariffed at 15 percent.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
28 July 2025
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“Keynote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/keynote. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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