core

[kɔːr]

Definition:
1. The center of an object.
2. A small group of indispensable persons or things.
3. The central part of the Earth.
4. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.

Use 'core' in a sentence:

1. The organization is rotten to the core.
2. What's my core goal?
3. Children are tested on core subjects at ages 7, 11 and 14.
4. He has a hard core of support among white racists.
5. Is there a core in the planet?
6. In theory, you need molten iron in the core to generate one, but Mercury is so small, its core should have long since solidified.
7. The notion that blacks comprise a problem is at the core of racist reasoning.
8. What is the core of your app?
9. The party is losing touch with its core values.
10. I'm not opposed to a core curriculum in principle, but I think requiring a foreign language is unrealistic.
11. Sentence building is core!
12. To him the family is the core of society.
13. The core of the Festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work.
14. The core of the city is a series of ancient squares.
15. We've got a hard core of customers that have stood by us.
16. The core activities of local authorities were reorganised.
17. Was innovation at the core of the project?
18. That's the core.
19. The core activities of social workers were reorganized.
20. A core of about six staff would continue with the project.
21. We need to concentrate on our core business.
22. We already have our core team in place.
23. The group plans to concentrate on six core businesses.
24. He's a politician to the core.
25. What she does possess is the ability to get straight to the core of a problem.
26. Mother is the home's core.
27. This is the core problem.
28. There is a serious message at the core of all this frivolity.
29. She had a little core of self-will.
30. Leonard was shaken to the core; he'd never seen or read anything like it.
31. All you had to do was skin and core a pineapple.
32. Chlorogenic acid mainly exists in seed, core, and flesh.
33. He gathered a small core of advisers around him.
34. Our core is weak.
35. A hard core of drivers ignores the law.
36. Is this the core question?
37. Your core identity is what makes you unique.
38. It's really only the hard core that bother to go to meetings.
39. Someone threw an apple core.
40. They sell hard-core pornography.
41. The core subjects are English, mathematics and science.
42. Peel the pears and remove the cores.
43. She was shaken to the core by the news.
44. The use of new technology is core to our strategy.
45. However, the main core of the company performed outstandingly.
46. Concern for the environment is at the core of our policies.
47. The team is built around a core group of players.