boil down
Example Sentences
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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
The 25-year-old faces a fierce challenge from America's Alysa Liu, the 2025 world champion and Grand Prix Final winner, in a competition that could boil down to a battle between the United States and Japan.
From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026
City of Brandon, a little-discussed case out of the controversial 5th Circuit that sounded, at first, like it would boil down to familiar ideological flashpoints.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026
The options essentially boil down to working longer and retiring later, increasing savings now, or decreasing your lifestyle expenses, Williams said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
