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
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
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
