noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
the heart/crux of the matter (= the most important part of something )
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The crux of the matter is: how do we prevent these floods from happening again?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Finding a cheap source of energy is really the crux of the matter.
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The crux of the court case is whether consumers deserve a refund.
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Whether we can get funding or not is the crux .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He didn't much care; that was the crux of the matter.
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In the first place, v. 21b is a notorious crux of interpretation.
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The crux of the matter is that attitudes on the character and scope of planning have changed.
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The women kicked off on fairly straight forward F7a, but the last move was the crux .