kernel
Example Sentences
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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
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 is no kernel of truth here: The claims of wrongdoing are fabricated from top to bottom.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026
Many of his claims have a kernel of truth to them.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2026
But still, this second view has also, I think, a kernel of truth.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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