pith

Example Sentences

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Among her many dancers, I spy a nurse, an astronaut, a UPS delivery guy — even a dude in a pith helmet.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

It looks pretty forthright on the page, but Mr. Isaacson skillfully teases fresh pith and resonance out of those familiar words.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

This layer holds moisture, much like the pith in the center of a tree trunk.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2023

The last is painted on the semi-circular pith of a banana tree and is owned by the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2023

The word code comes from the Latin caudex, the wooden pith of a tree on which scribes carved their writing.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee