All 7 Uses
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The Red Pyramid
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- I will arrange to be in Las Cruces, New Mexico, tonight.†
Chpt 29 *
- We should stop in Las Cruces.†
Chpt 32
- Las Cruces is out of our way by forty miles—over those mountains.†
Chpt 32
- Las Cruces ...†
Chpt 32
- But I don't see how Las Cruces comes into play.†
Chpt 32
- Las Cruces.†
Chpt 32
- Las Cruces spread out in the valley below—a glowing patchwork of streets and neighborhoods.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(crux) the most important or difficult part of a problem, argument, or situation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Cruces means crosses in Spanish, so it has worked its way into many English proper nouns, such as Las Cruces, New Mexico.