Synonyms for crux
krʌks; ˈkru sizcrux

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1. Cruxnoun

   Synonyms:
   Southern Cross

2. cruxnoun

   A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

   The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.

   Synonyms:
   Southern Cross

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1. Southern Cross, Crux, Crux Australisnoun

   a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus

   Synonyms:
   crux of the matter

2. crux, crux of the matternoun

   the most important point

   Synonyms:
   crux of the matter

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1. • Constellation
   • Point

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1. cruxnoun

   Synonyms:
   puzzle, riddle

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1. List of paraphrases for "crux":

   quid, knot, heart, nub, core, node, essence, noose

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1. Ahmed Korayem:

   It is not that whichever we believe in is wrong or right. It is the mere fact that we believe in something. That is the crux of sanity.

2. David Delgado:

   We think the crux of their struggle is the push for direct funding to address the marginalization these communities face.

3. Chris Weston:

   Much relief will be felt from a number of retail investors who have been confused as to the very crux of the sell-off in global equity markets.

4. Stephane Rambosson:

   The crux of cuts in investment banking fall in FICC (fixed income, commodities and currencies), where things are really difficult....It's more structural than short term, it's like in the 80s. There were a million miners who converted into different jobs. I am sure in this industry, they will do that as well.

5. Taylor Handley:

   Mayor of Kingston, i believe the crux of this show is about humanity.