boil down to

Example Sentences

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“It will all boil down to one thing — is it any good?”

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

There are massive implications for the A.I. industry here, but at the end of the day, the question might boil down to - who do people dislike more?

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

This could boil down to Sam Darnold versus Matthew Stafford.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2026

We used to discuss some of these matters, but we both knew the question would boil down to my saying, “Ted, you decide.”

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan