boil down to
Example Sentences
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“It will all boil down to one thing — is it any good?”
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Thereupon nuclear bluster permanently vanished from the U.S. presidential vocabulary, experts in diplomacy tell us, for reasons that boil down to a loss of credibility once Moscow could match the U.S. in nuclear firepower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
The concepts boil down to, if this conflict can't be worked out agreeably — and that may be because one side refuses to engage — what are my other options?
From Salon • May 10, 2025
I know that the breadth of your work is not something that you can boil down to tips.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
We used to discuss some of these matters, but we both knew the question would boil down to my saying, “Ted, you decide.”
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
