central idea

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“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

But Ms Inman Grant has also raised concerns about the central idea behind the government’s policy, which is that there’s a causal link between social media and declining mental health.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

The new kind of fair mobility is a central idea of degrowth.

From Salon • May 3, 2024

A great many poems are indeed spun out at too great length; but the central idea to be conveyed is rarely lost sight of.

From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane