noun
- plural of crux; the most important or difficult parts of problems or situations
Usage: formal
Examples
- The cruces of the legal arguments were presented to the jury.
- Researchers identified the cruces of the environmental crisis.
- The debate focused on the cruces of the policy proposal.
- Students struggled with the cruces of the mathematical proof.
- The cruces of the conflict remained unresolved.
- Experts analyzed the cruces of the economic downturn.