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the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.

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question, idea, topic, matter, theme, score, subject, core, profit, essence, reality, crux, income, body, heart, substance, foundation, importance, basis, focus

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