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    • core :a small group of indispensable persons or things
      • five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program

    • core :remove the core or center from
      • core an apple

    • core :the center of an object
      • the ball has a titanium core

    • core :the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
      • the gist of the prosecutor's argument|the heart and soul of the Republican Party|the nub of the story

    • core :(computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories
      • each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit

    • core :the central part of the Earth

      • core :a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

        • core :an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

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