central idea

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It can feel overstuffed, and some sections of this thematically arranged presentation can feel tenuously connected to the central idea of “what it means to be human in the face of sweeping technological changes.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The central idea was the same: to have more control over their creations.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 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

“But what really interested me is the central idea of betrayal, which, now that I think of it, has figured in a lot of my films,” Jewison told the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024

But the several parts of the story are not grouped around any central idea, such as a divine Nemesis is for Herodotus, or such as Thucydides finds in the nature of political man.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various