kernel
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So both of them have a kernel of truth, but none of it is the full truth.
From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026
The company’s approach is to form cement into tiny balls, each about the size of a kernel of corn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Malhees said in his post that the restriction “hurts” but offered his followers and supporters a kernel of truth: “You can block a passport. You cannot block a voice.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026
Scenes of Redford and Hoffman taking phone calls and scribbling down notes, or poring over library slips in desperate search of a kernel of a lead, were thrilling.
From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026
The kernel, Rutherford concluded, was the atomic nucleus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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