crux
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Mr. Moskowitz frames the crux of the race as “whether a lightweight, affordable car could compete with more substantial rivals.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“Crucially, we also believe we are at the crux of a gross margin inflection point, driven by improving utilizations and GlobalFoundries aggressively expanding into accretive end-markets,” Muse wrote.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The crux of the outrage surrounding Fennell’s film stemmed largely from the fact that she refused to rename her relatively loose, aesthetic-minded adaptation with a title that didn’t directly reference Emily Brontë’s novel.
From Salon • May 3, 2026
But the sprawl was really the crux of it.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
He left an unfinished reply to Wotton when he died in 1699—missing was the discussion of science which needed to be the crux of his argument.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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