central idea
Example Sentences
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Her central idea is simple, but radical: your home is not a reflection of your worth.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
“His central idea was that to live is to act, transforming oneself and the world around,” Ms. Riskin writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The pair spent the next several hours honing the central idea and spitballing about plot and character development.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2025
That painful history can be alchemized into thrilling entertainment is both the central idea and the takeaway experience of “Jelly’s Last Jam,” the jaw-dropping Encores! revival that opened on Wednesday at City Center.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024
One day she guessed the central idea of her ceremonial, when she suddenly understood her rule not to let the pillow come in contact with the bed.
From A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Freud, Sigmund
