as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
finally got to the pith of the discussion
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Recent Examples of pith
The nose reveals vibrant tropical fruits, lemon curd, fragrant almond blossom, and pink grapefruit pith.
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
Slice away peel and pith from oranges and discard.
—Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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
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Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 12 June 2025
Slice away peel and pith from oranges and discard.
—Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pith
Noun
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Sabonis also talked about establishing roots and building a future in Sacramento after the Kings acquired him in the February 2022 trade that sent Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Some of those included nominations in the country and American roots categories for the first time.—
Caché McClay,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
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Empower responded, in essence, that retirement savers deserve a crack at the lucrative private investment market, after decades of exclusion.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
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To capture the true essence of the college, the Netflix movie was filmed inside the school buildings and at various spots around the university.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are people who have really their heart in the right place.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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By the time the credits rolled my heart was ragged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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At the core of this leadership practice lies coaching—not the performance-review archetype, but deep, generative coaching that shifts mindsets, surfaces mental models and anchors purpose in action.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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And if the core problem here is that matches will be taken away from clubs’ traditional locations — and more pertinently, their traditional fans — that is on the clubs themselves and, in the case of Villarreal versus Barcelona, the Spanish federation.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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That corn, with bright red kernels that could be mistaken for pomegranate seeds, are what High Wire Distilling decided to use to make their signature bourbon.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Even popular alternatives like sourdough or rye usually don’t measure up to whole wheat bread unless they’re made from whole kernels.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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“Pith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pith. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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