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keynotes

noun

plural of keynote
as in hearts
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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Recent Examples of keynotes The consultant who publishes a sharp weekly perspective and responds to pushback in the comments has built a fundamentally different relationship with their market than the one who delivers two polished keynotes a year at industry conferences. — Nataliya Andreychuk, Forbes.com, 21 Sep. 2026 This exclusive professional event features publisher presentations, keynotes from Stephanie Philips and Todd McFarlane, retailer conversations, industry discussions, and select creator signings. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 The 2026 program of panels and keynotes will kick off with the traditional StepIn session, which will this year explore how power structures, politics, AI and data are reshaping independent cinema. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026 Her work has reached 100+ million learners through videos, courses, and keynotes at Harvard, MIT, Stanford, SXSW, and with teams at Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Comcast, and more. — Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026 That dynamic helped give the summit its unfussy, collegial vibe—rather than a revolving door of proclamatory keynotes, speaking moments were intended to be conversational; the presenters and participants, peers. — Danielle McNally, InStyle, 17 June 2026 The event is Canada’s largest TV gathering, with today’s keynotes including CRTC’s Vicky Eatrides addressing plans to reform the country’s television tax break system and Netflix’s Jinny Howe delivering a keynote. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 June 2026 The day before, Computex Media Day is packed with keynotes, forums, and affiliated events. — John Burek, PC Magazine, 4 June 2026 In a day of keynotes across two stages, Anthropic executives let rip a firehose of technical details about how coders should best use AI to increase their productivity. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for keynotes
  1. hearts
  2. cores
  3. roots
  4. essences
  5. kernels
  6. points
Noun
  • To Longwell, such statements suggest that voters don’t want politicians to force them to choose between their hearts and their fears.
    — Isaac Arnsdorf, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Previous research in the field had used blood pressure and heart rate to infer how well hearts were functioning.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 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
  • Legion targets contested airspace The system’s roots stretch back to Lockheed Martin’s earlier IRST work.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The oldest company on the list, brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, traces its roots back 660 years to the Den Hoorn brewery in Leuven, Belgium.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of roots
Noun
  • 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
  • Common formats include serums, moisturizers and creams, cleansers, essences and toners, and masks.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 11 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
  • 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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