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

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

When she came to “Rooster,” she said, Cristle was a conceptual kernel she teased into a labyrinth.

From Salon ● May 11, 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

So far, not a single bird had eaten so much as a kernel of corn, because the two girls were making so much noise.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Some chains are testing organic kernels, lower-salt offerings and alternative cooking oils.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

These include the Green, Neumann, and Schwarz kernels, which are important tools for solving boundary value problems in physics and engineering.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 7, 2026

She is merely a spectator, thinking kernels of thoughts that will be dashed into the mind’s chasm as her brain grows and develops.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2025

On her website, she sells apricot kernels for their "potential health benefits" along with nutritional supplements, and offers information and advice.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2025

For their main course, a little farther on, there was a whole field of winter wheat, its kernels newly ripe and soft.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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