How to Use crux in a Sentence

crux

noun
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  • At the crux of the story is the team’s coach, Rick Prinz.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Keep your eye on the cars, that’s the crux of the entire matter.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2021
  • This is the crux of how to stop lashing out in the moment.
    — Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN, 12 July 2022
  • That’s the crux of why Chastain is so good in this role.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 19 Sep. 2021
  • And those questions of who has the right to tell the story is at the crux of our show.
    — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
  • Such a frenzy can take away from the crux of the story.
    — Morgan Sung, NBC News, 15 July 2022
  • To be able to take that, process it, and then move forward — that's the whole crux of it.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In particular, the crux of the case is found in Nos. 2, 3 and 4.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2022
  • This is, to me, the crux of the issue over soccer’s future.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
  • But pleasing them isn’t at the crux of her push to conserve more.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2021
  • That really is the crux of the book, the deepest part of the exhibit, and this project.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
  • This is the crux of Popovich’s job, even as the losses begin to wear on the Spurs’ locker room.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Nov. 2021
  • His words to each player were different, but the crux of the message was the same.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • No surprise, perhaps, that the plot should turn on the crux of work-life balance.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
  • For climate scientists, this is the crux of the debate.
    — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But her love for music would be at the crux of her identity.
    — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2022
  • One week, Thompson might discuss goal-setting; the next, how to handle the crux of a race.
    — Katherine Cusumano, Outside Online, 14 July 2022
  • At the current crux of hard-cap avoidance for the Heat is the return to free-agency of Tucker.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2022
  • And that's the crux of their relationship—the fact that Domino didn't have the chance to start her own party.
    — Andrea Cuttler, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2022
  • The crux of the matter was, there’s more than one quantum extremal surface in the problem.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The thesis as the beginning is also the crux of Jen’s whole conflict.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Such discussion should not distract from the crux of the matter.
    — Marla Ridenour, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2021
  • None of the brand’s products are light, so moving them around is often the crux of owning one.
    — Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 22 July 2022
  • The main crux of the dispute between the railroads and their workers revolves around time off rules.
    — Matt Egan, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
  • The problem that keeps the lovebirds apart, aka the tension at the crux of all books of the genre, takes on a modern twist but feels a little strained.
    — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
  • That is the crux of why a headline gushing outroar and outrage has arisen on this news item.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • On our second day on the wall, after sleeping at the midway ledge, Matilda sent the crux pitch.
    — Sasha Digiulian, Outside Online, 6 Dec. 2022
  • As is often the case in Congress, the extent of the regulation is the crux of debate.
    — Ambreen Ali, Fortune, 4 July 2022
  • And the crux of it was someone whose life has been defined by the stages of her kid and will always be defined by those stages.
    — Andrea Cuttler, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 June 2022
  • Yes, both of those are very low stakes as far as word puzzles go, but there’s the crux of Wordle’s genius.
    — Claire S., Longreads, 4 Feb. 2022

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