therein lies
idiom
formal
—used to say that a statement, fact, or detail expresses the substance of something
They have to make a decision soon. Therein lies the problem. If they act too quickly, they run the risk of choosing the wrong plan.
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And therein lies the problem: What do individual customers really want and expect from retailers and brands?
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Lindsey Mazza, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Fundraising will depend on partnerships, and therein lies the top priority for today’s museums.
—Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Quarterbacks like that are saved for picks 33-100 — and therein lies the rub with Sanders in a weak class and dire quarterback landscape.
—Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
And therein lies the root of Stanford’s many ills over the past eight or 10 years, from the Varsity Blues scandal to the (aborted) plan to cut sports to the missteps in men’s basketball and the deterioration of football under David Shaw and the Taylor mess and everything else.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Lindsey Mazza, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Fundraising will depend on partnerships, and therein lies the top priority for today’s museums.
—Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2025
Quarterbacks like that are saved for picks 33-100 — and therein lies the rub with Sanders in a weak class and dire quarterback landscape.
—Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
And therein lies the root of Stanford’s many ills over the past eight or 10 years, from the Varsity Blues scandal to the (aborted) plan to cut sports to the missteps in men’s basketball and the deterioration of football under David Shaw and the Taylor mess and everything else.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for therein lies
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“Therein lies.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/therein%20lies. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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