kernel

Example Sentences

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The company’s approach is to form cement into tiny balls, each about the size of a kernel of corn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Scenes of Redford and Hoffman taking phone calls and scribbling down notes, or poring over library slips in desperate search of a kernel of a lead, were thrilling.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

A central kernel of the premise of “After the Hunt” is that you never know what someone is going through.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Is there any kernel of truth to what she says?

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau