How to Use the crux in a Sentence

the crux

noun
  • And here is the crux of the issue.
    — Francesca Cassidy, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And this points to the crux of the matter.
    — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Money is at the crux of it, of course.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This task is the crux of my team’s new paper.
    — Andrej Prša, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • At the crux of it, both places share the same core values.
    — Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Razak believes that this is the crux of Nabeel.
    — Danny Hajjar, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • That issue is the crux of the dispute.
    — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
  • That was really the crux of it.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
  • And that’s really the crux of it.
    — New Atlas, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The pairing of dopamine and acetylcholine is the crux of the study.
    — Elana Spivack, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
  • This is the crux of sunscreen doping.
    — Dani Hardman, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025
  • All of that is just words if the crux of the car itself isn’t solid.
    — New Atlas, 27 Apr. 2026
  • That’s, that’s also the crux here, is that that goes on the ballot.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 20 July 2023
  • For Musk, though, the crux of all this may not be to save the planet.
    — Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The buy is the crux of the role and everything rolls up into it.
    — Raj Dhiman, Sourcing Journal, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Doe says this treatment is at the crux of her suit against the hospital.
    — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Managers are the crux of business success, in more ways than one.
    — Steve Sonnenberg, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This is really the crux of the issue.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The haunting portrait with a life of its own is at the crux of the novel, for starters.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 31 July 2023
  • That’s the crux of Easter’s message.
    — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Control seems to be the crux of the matter; the red line, the deal-breaker in all of this.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • Some clients said they were told to make up stories of abuse that became the crux of their lawsuit.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • At the crux of the dispute was whether the school could be considered a state actor.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 22 May 2025
  • Here was the crux of the problem, the point of non-intersection.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
  • At the crux of this issue are the streaming services themselves.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 14 July 2023
  • That basically has stood at the crux of the approach.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This off-kilter confidence is the crux of her appeal.
    — Carrie Battan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
  • What happened next promises to be at the crux of a lawsuit filed over the incident.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • In a potential season 2, that’ll be the crux of his struggle.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • That notion would become her modus operandi and the crux of her subsequent start-ups.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2023

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