pith

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Recent Examples of pith The pith will float, while the seeds will sink. Merve Ceylan, Health, 10 Dec. 2024 The pith can be bitter, so some people don’t like the taste. Merve Ceylan, Health, 10 Dec. 2024 While the pith of the Great Unbossing movement is the idea that employees can make their own decisions, organizations will always need leadership. Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 Iconic stories from the likes of Fred Bear have been told and retold, but much of the pith gets lost over time — and our heroes become more myth than human. Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 6 Apr. 2022 See All Example Sentences for pith
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Noun
  • Fact: Healthy lawns should be watered deeply, but less often, to encourage root growth and drought tolerance.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
  • Without addressing root causes of violence, long-term solutions and improvements can never be realized.
    Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Given that it is supposed to be a raw, honest re-telling of a couple finding light amid disaster, The Observer report called the very essence of the book into question.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 11 July 2025
  • In essence, branding is making that special impression that brings customers back again and again.
    Jon Stojan, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Over time, high blood sugar can damage blood vessels and lead to serious complications affecting the eyes, heart, kidneys, and feet.1 1.
    Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 15 July 2025
  • Coates was now entering a terminal stage: his heart and kidneys were failing, and fluid had to be drained from his belly several times a week.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • We’d be better served, however, by understanding that at the core, both of these are fueled by and lead to dehumanization.
    Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
  • Before Peter Parker slung webs, before Hulk smashed, before there was Deadpool and Wolverine and Wakanda and mutants and infinity stones and cinematic universes — there was the core Four.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Cut corn kernels from the cob using a sharp knife; discard cobs.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 July 2025
  • Quantum kernels demonstrate superior performance to traditional feature engineering methods when the decision boundary remains difficult to separate.
    Sadhasivam Mohanadas, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

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“Pith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pith. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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