kernel

So both of them have a kernel of truth, but none of it is the full truth.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Is there any kernel of truth to anything she’s saying?

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

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 still a kernel of disbelief that this is his job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

It has always stood out to me as the kernel of words that totally reflects how I feel about the life experience of an African-American.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

She devised a system that hulled and cleaned corn kernels, and then used mechanical pestles or stamping mechanisms to process the kernels into meal that could be used to bake bread and make other food.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Iran's track record of feeding kernels of truth alongside false information has sown doubt among many critics of the regime inside and outside the country.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

“You can achieve a gorgeous slightly umami and sweet flavor by blending steamed or canned sweet corn kernels with oat milk and straining it,” she explains.

From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2026

If plant breeders can learn to trigger or replicate this activation of WUS-D1, it may be possible to create new wheat varieties that produce more kernels per plant.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025

Seth went over and scooped some kernels for Goldilocks.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Time was the great millstone, which ground us to dust like kerneled wheat.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

The sun was just setting when the captain and Chris reappeared bearing gourds full of smoking fish, and sweet sugary yams, and ears of curious small kernelled Indian corn.

From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by J. Watson Davis