central idea

Example Sentences

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Her central idea is simple, but radical: your home is not a reflection of your worth.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

“His central idea was that to live is to act, transforming oneself and the world around,” Ms. Riskin writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The central idea was the same: to have more control over their creations.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

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

All after-forms of mythical geography, moreover, such as we find among Indians, Greeks, or Norsemen, are but graftings upon this central idea.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various