kernel

Example Sentences

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But they need to find the kernel of truth in the complaints, without explaining them away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

There’s a kernel of truth to Wyle’s fake PSA.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

There is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026

But first they have to get past a Cornhusker team missing its biggest kernel.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

I was grateful they’d accepted me in their territory, and for the trust they’d shown me, especially the friendly one who’d taken the first kernel.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo