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kernel

[kur-nl] / ˈkɜr nl /


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The first kernel of a potential agreement emerged that evening, when the CEO met with key representatives of the supervisory-board factions, according to a person with knowledge of the events.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

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

There’s still a kernel of disbelief that this is his job.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

You’re just toasty and warm and hanging out being a kernel.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

There are also mini Bowser cauldrons capable of holding five to 11 kernels of popcorn.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 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

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

That night Pa brought in some ears of corn with large plump kernels.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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




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