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. Patrick McHenry:

   The main things we’re talking about are a conservative agenda around spending and the nature of our Republican majority. That’s really the crux of the conversation. And that’s really the contours of it. rules, structure and process dictate outcomes in this place, in a substantial way.

2. Derrick Brooks:

   There hasn't been anything put in place with regards to trying to deal with the issue, they are not doing anything with regards to really getting into the crux of what the issue is.

3. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang:

   It is true that the current China-Japan relationship is in difficulty, the crux of the issue is how the war and that part of history are viewed.

4. Randy Credico:

   This is the crux of it, bringing Margaret Kunstler into it.

5. Wang Yiwei:

   The crux is how to let North Korea denuclearise and to give it security guarantees. On this, the United States and North Korea don't have trust, so China has to act as a bridge.