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
The target, which was white with a red bull's-eye, was pushed into the wound in his chest.
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Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
Life-threatening flash flooding is also a major concern on Tuesday and Wednesday from Texas to Missouri, with Oklahoma in the bull's-eye.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
There will be a target with a red bull's-eye on his chest.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
There will be a target with a red bull's-eye on his chest.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Cities in the bull's-eye include Jonesboro, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; and Evansville, Indiana.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
More than a foot of rain could rain in the bull's-eye of the storm, which spans from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Arkansas-Missouri border, to Louisville Kentucky, to Evansville, Indiana.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
Charleston, South Carolina, up to Norfolk, Virginia are in the bull's-eye for damaging winds and potential tornadoes.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Now, a more conservative GOP caucus has again put a bull's-eye on Medicaid's budget, which has grown by at least $300 billion in eight years due largely to the COVID pandemic and the decision by more states to expand Medicaid.
—Phil Galewitz, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Chiara Eisner, NPR, 8 May 2025
Life-threatening flash flooding is also a major concern on Tuesday and Wednesday from Texas to Missouri, with Oklahoma in the bull's-eye.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
There will be a target with a red bull's-eye on his chest.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
There will be a target with a red bull's-eye on his chest.
—CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Cities in the bull's-eye include Jonesboro, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Paducah, Kentucky; and Evansville, Indiana.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
More than a foot of rain could rain in the bull's-eye of the storm, which spans from Little Rock, Arkansas, to the Arkansas-Missouri border, to Louisville Kentucky, to Evansville, Indiana.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2025
Charleston, South Carolina, up to Norfolk, Virginia are in the bull's-eye for damaging winds and potential tornadoes.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Mar. 2025
Now, a more conservative GOP caucus has again put a bull's-eye on Medicaid's budget, which has grown by at least $300 billion in eight years due largely to the COVID pandemic and the decision by more states to expand Medicaid.
—Phil Galewitz, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bull's-eye
Noun
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Targeted Treatment for Inherited Disease in Infants More tools than ever before are available to address the root cause when a concerning genetic change is detected.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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One of the common root causes is that many of us instinctively fill every available surface, from drawers to shelves, and cabinets to closets.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2025
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Leadership wisdom is a combination of head, hunch and heart.—
Gregory Stebbins,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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These young people offer me their time and their hearts on some level.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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That really captured the essence of the dark ages and the medieval world.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Quotable Time is of the essence for these students.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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None of the league’s top 25 players by Instagram followers—including Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and James Harden, three core members of OKC’s last Finals team in 2012—made deep playoff runs this spring.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 June 2025
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Sub tropical storms have generally cold cores, and are often associated with upper level low pressure areas, with the highest winds farther away from the center, unlike a tropical storm where the most intense winds are found at the center.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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If wheat is infected during flowering, the fungus colonizes, killing the florets, and kernels don’t develop.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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The poisonous kernels are responsible for a significant number of suicides and homicides, particularly in rural areas of South Asia.—
Nina Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The point of emphasis for him right now is fielding slow rollers.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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In the league, even though Villa were staggering along, the points tally kept ticking over.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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The bottom line is aging in place requires a network, and aging seniors need to be located where their network is located.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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First is the cash bonus — which, fortunately for Zaslav, was not tied to the bottom line.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
5 June 2025
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Of that sum, vinyl purchases comprise 4,000 – a personal best sales week for Jonas as a soloist on vinyl.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
5 June 2025
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The sum was, at the time, a record for a rights issue by a European company and followed the U.K. bank's calamitous acquisition, the previous autumn, of the Dutch lender ABN AMRO.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
4 June 2025
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“Bull's-eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bull%27s-eye. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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