central idea

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“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

My annotations helped me come up with a central idea to use for my final paper, but after a point it was no longer an assignment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

But Ms Inman Grant has also raised concerns about the central idea behind the government’s policy, which is that there’s a causal link between social media and declining mental health.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

The new kind of fair mobility is a central idea of degrowth.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

Supplementing this central idea, one usually sees a panel picture on either side.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins