crux
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point: The crux of the trial was his whereabouts at the time of the murder.
a cross.
something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.
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How to use crux in a sentence
In keeping with the expert consensus on decarbonization, the crux of China’s odyssey is electrifying its economy as much as possible, from switching to electric vehicles to using electricity instead of coal for some industrial production.
China’s commitment to become carbon neutral by 2060, explained | Lili Pike | September 25, 2020 | VoxThat’s the crux of Mulan, in which our heroine realizes, through pretending to be a perfect bride and pretending to be a perfect soldier and failing at both, that gender is ultimately performative.
That’s the whole crux of the fight that’s happening right now with Tik Tok.
Podcast: Want consumer privacy? Try China | Michael Reilly | August 19, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThe crux of this issue is in transitioning away from the view that work gives life meaning and life is about using work to survive, towards a view of living a life that itself is fulfilling and meaningful.
The Global Work Crisis: Automation, the Case Against Jobs, and What to Do About It | Peter Xing | August 6, 2020 | Singularity HubIt seems like the neighbor cells are the crux, in addition to the encoding neurons themselves, the team explained.
Towards ‘Eternal Sunshine’? New Links Found Between Memory and Emotion | Shelly Fan | July 28, 2020 | Singularity Hub
The crux of the problem remains on this side of the Pacific.
Obama and Xi Jinping Say They’ll Work Together to Save Environment | Ben Leung | November 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crux of the matter is not the date of the next elections, but ensuring that elections are free, fair, and clean.
That, he says, is at the crux of why Pope Francis wants to train more exorcists.
Vatican and Pope Francis Seek New Demon Exorcists | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd yet, despite the banter, the crux of the issue is the feasibility of it all.
IVF for Just $300 Could Be a Reality Soon | Randi Hutter Epstein | August 31, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe crux is new representation: of body, of proportion, of aesthetic ideals.
The very word (crux) was used among them as a curse, especially in the form ad (malam) crucem.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonAh, that was it—that was the crux of the whole matter; and he remembered now that never once had she reproached him with that.
Katharine Frensham | Beatrice HarradenPriests are portrayed in adoration of the crux ansata before phallic monuments.
The Sex Worship and Symbolism of Primitive Races | Sanger Brown, IIEvery Sunday morning proved the crux of her experience, and Mrs. Caukins' nerves were correspondingly shaken.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerThe crux of the whole matter is not exhaustion, but a loss of control over the nervous forces.
Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them | Charles David Musgrove
British Dictionary definitions for crux (1 of 2)
/ (krʌks) /
a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter)
a baffling problem or difficulty
mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch
a rare word for cross
Origin of crux
1British Dictionary definitions for Crux (2 of 2)
/ (krʌks) /
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