centerpiece
noun
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Synonyms
bottom line, bull's-eye, core, crux, essence, gist, heart, kernel, keynote, meat, meat and potatoes, net, nub, nubbin, nucleus, pith, pivot, point, root, sum
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The festival’s centerpiece was the brainchild of Norwich Cathedral’s Rev. Canon Andy Bryant, who wanted to work out a way of getting visitors closer to the building’s carved, domed ceiling. — Nick Bailey, NBC News, "With attendance plummeting, church turns to a new solution: carnival rides," 25 Aug. 2019 The unit’s centerpiece is a table where skeletons are laid out for tribal elders, who wrap the remains in kangaroo skin or wafer-thin paperbark to take back to Country. — David Maurice Smith, Smithsonian, "A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home," 23 Aug. 2019 The centerpiece of her special rose garden near her front door is her namesake Julie Newmar rose, a butter yellow flower tinged with deep pink. — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, "Dishing dirt with ‘Catwoman’ Julie Newmar: ‘A garden is a reflection of you’," 23 Aug. 2019 Since the ’90s, the centerpiece of Schuyler (pronounced SKY-ler) has been the Walton’s Mountain Museum, housed in Hamner’s former red-brick grade school. — Andrew Herrmann, chicagotribune.com, "‘The Waltons’ fans have plenty to celebrate in this corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains," 7 Aug. 2019 One centerpiece of the film that required little recreation effort is the venerable Musso & Frank Grill on Hollywood Boulevard, which celebrates its 100th birthday in September. — Scott Huver, CNN, "How Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' traveled back to 1969 L.A.," 26 July 2019 The beige centerpiece is sticky and chewy, in a good way. — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, "Queen’s English brings Hong Kong’s sizzle to Columbia Heights," 17 July 2019 The program’s centerpiece is a series of often-heated group dialogues where the teens confront the political, humanitarian, cultural and religious issues that divide them. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Israeli, Palestinian and American teens build trust on the ropes," 16 July 2019 Whatever the truth, visitors can explore the remains of the spring in a rocky crag near the Delphi museum, an archaeological time capsule whose centerpiece is an exquisite, life-size bronze statue from 475 BC known as the Charioteer. — Liz Alderman, New York Times, "Voyage to the Center of the World," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'centerpiece.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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