core
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The vice-president spoke of the "core goal" of the US during his brief dawn news conference.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Yet economists still raised their forecast for year-end core inflation, which excludes energy and food prices, to 2.9%, from 2.6% in January.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The core PPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to rise 4.1%, compared with 3.9% previously.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
A central steel core holds together 90 segments — “slices of cheese” as O’Mahony called them — that repeat all the way to the top.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
If you read Madisons speeches against assumption in the House during the spring of 1790, you get the impression that his core objections were economic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing core
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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Physical Geography - Introductory
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