the operative word

As you discover a genuine need for something (genuine being the operative word), take it out of storage with a clear conscience.

Relaxation seems to be the operative word.

In one arrangement, an electrical connection is established between the dummy word line and the end one of the operative word lines.

"That's the operative word for the leader in North Korea to understand. "

The operative word in all of this, of course, is "seemed. "

Automatically is the operative word here.

'Need, ' she adds, is the 'operative word. '

The operative word is "relative. "

I had my closet organised (had being the operative word).

The operative word, of course, is first.

The operative word here is approachable.

The operative word here is "equivalent" and how that is defined.