central idea

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It can feel overstuffed, and some sections of this thematically arranged presentation can feel tenuously connected to the central idea of “what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

That painful history can be alchemized into thrilling entertainment is both the central idea and the takeaway experience of “Jelly’s Last Jam,” the jaw-dropping Encores! revival that opened on Wednesday at City Center.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

“But what really interested me is the central idea of betrayal, which, now that I think of it, has figured in a lot of my films,” Jewison told the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

This is the central idea behind the concept of the "lunar Anthropocene," or the theory that the geologic history of the Moon has entered a new geologic phase because of human interference.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2023

"The central idea" of a people cannot be safely relinquished, but must restlessly follow the law of practical evolution in each generation.

From Lincoln, the Politician by Levy, T. Aaron