crux
noun
a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point.
cruxes
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pluralof crux.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One of the cruxes of sleep hygiene is consistency.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2022
That’s why Rana’s lawsuit cruxes on Amazon’s algorithms, apps, and devices that Amazon uses to micromanage its workers.
From The Verge ● Nov. 14, 2021
The students’ argument in court, which is a part of the Xiaocheng Cup Public Welfare Litigation Competition, cruxes on this premise.
From The Verge ● Oct. 27, 2021
His ferociously annotated versions of the Pentateuch and of the Psalms chaperone the Hebrew-less reader through many dense cruxes.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
Some of these cruxes, Sir Walter tells us, could not be solved by the examiner, and were laid before Boz himself, with a copy of the questions.
From Pickwickian Studies by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
