as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
you hit the bull's-eye when you noted that the real issue here is money
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Recent Examples of bull's-eye
Wilmington is in the bull's-eye for the worst of the flooding.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
Biden admits putting Trump in 'bull's-eye' was a mistake.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
The Fed's actions in Washington put a bull's-eye on America's wallets.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
On Sunday, the risk for storms moves north, with the Dakotas, Nebraska, western Minnesota and Iowa in the bull's-eye for damaging winds and large hail.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 1 June 2024
On Sunday, cities in the bull's-eye for tornadoes will be St. Louis, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; and Indianapolis.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Cities in the bull's-eye of these severe storms will be San Antonio, Austin, San Angelo and north to Abilene.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
And yesterday President Trump put a bull's-eye on that mission.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2017
On Friday, severe weather is forecast from Mississippi to North Carolina with the bull's-eye for damaging winds in northern Mississippi, from Jackson to Tupelo.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2024
Biden admits putting Trump in 'bull's-eye' was a mistake.
—Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
The Fed's actions in Washington put a bull's-eye on America's wallets.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
On Sunday, the risk for storms moves north, with the Dakotas, Nebraska, western Minnesota and Iowa in the bull's-eye for damaging winds and large hail.
—Daniel Amarante, ABC News, 1 June 2024
On Sunday, cities in the bull's-eye for tornadoes will be St. Louis, Missouri; Louisville, Kentucky; and Indianapolis.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 24 May 2024
Cities in the bull's-eye of these severe storms will be San Antonio, Austin, San Angelo and north to Abilene.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
And yesterday President Trump put a bull's-eye on that mission.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2017
On Friday, severe weather is forecast from Mississippi to North Carolina with the bull's-eye for damaging winds in northern Mississippi, from Jackson to Tupelo.
—Max Golembo, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull's-eye
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In Caddo Lake, a brain-melting sci-fi film starring Dylan O’Brien that hit Max last month, the wetlands symbolize all of the above and then some as multiple characters try to get to the root of some seriously-hard-to-explain events.Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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The village, which is around 215 miles from the coastal Indian city of Chennai, has multiple banners and billboards of Harris, who could become America's first leader with South Asian roots.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In today’s deal, North’s leap to four hearts is preemptive, and West doubles that outrage with his 23 high-card points.Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Scherzinger wrote alongside a prayer emoji and a heart emoji.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Paramount Nearly every TV show that Taylor Sheridan has ever produced has been, in essence, a crime drama.Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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The tools take advantage of Generative adversarial networks, which, in essence, try to trick the AI algorithm with incorrect (i.e., adversarial) data.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The system, which has 50 stations across all five counties in the core Bay Area, has a total ridership of more than 4.8 million.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The core question, however, is whether these changes will be enough to help Starbucks compete in a crowded market, according to Deidre Popovich, an associate professor of marketing at Texas Tech University.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Harvesting too early on immature beds also affects the maturation of the rice kernels over time, officials said.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2024
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With unified signals from both the program and the underlying infrastructure, the SRE can track error rates by kernel version to ensure the roll-out doesn’t impact end applications.Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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At one point in her life, stray dog Supai roamed around the Havasupai Indian Reservation at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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At that point, the department planned to test the pilot during two patrol shifts.Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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The bottom line is the 49ers have imposed their will on Seattle in a way that led to a coaching regime change, with Mike Macdonald, the former defensive coordinator of the Ravens, replacing Pete Carroll.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The bottom line is that many of those 34,000 objects left behind in space will most likely be there for years to come.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Notably, the set was released on an off-cycle Monday (Oct. 28); thus, its first-week sum is from only four days of activity.Xander Zellner, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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That might not sound like a lot, but as economists like me know, small sums add up over time.Charles Sims / The Conversation, Quartz, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Bull's-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%27s-eye. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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