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as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the nub of the argument is that the intelligence agencies failed the country
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Recent Examples of nub
How about a girl dinner with that leftover nub of cheese?
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
Issue 10, the one with the pen nubs, was a lot like the typewriter approach.
—Kei Lim
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Fernanda sucked on the little nub of the spliff and then ground it into the cathedral step with her boot.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
These are impressively distant origins for a little nub of matter that could easily blow a hole in a billion-dollar satellite.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2010
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 12 June 2025
Issue 10, the one with the pen nubs, was a lot like the typewriter approach.
—Kei Lim
june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
Fernanda sucked on the little nub of the spliff and then ground it into the cathedral step with her boot.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
These are impressively distant origins for a little nub of matter that could easily blow a hole in a billion-dollar satellite.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2010
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nub
Noun
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No unwieldy chocolate chunks, overwhelming ripples, or unpleasantly gritty, grainy bits of chocolate.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 July 2025
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The tender chunks of chicken, perfectly cooked rice and sweet carrot swam in a savory broth that was flavorful yet light.—
Evan Moore
July 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 July 2025
Noun
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But such tools address symptoms rather than root causes, said Andrew Rumbach, a senior researcher at the Urban Institute who studies disaster risk and resilience.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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Without taking care of the root cause, new rodents can move in and continue to chew through repairs or other wiring throughout your home, perpetuating the cycle of hazards.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
1 Aug. 2025
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When prepared per the suggestion of its packaging, the combo of about 30 grams of cookies ’n’ cream powder mixed with 6 ounces of water yields a thick beige liquid that’s punctuated by little black clumps of cookie dust.—
Pete Cottell,
Wired News,
17 July 2025
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Therefore, a system could identify clumps of debris big enough to contain remains.—
Robin R. Murphy,
The Conversation,
16 July 2025
Noun
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The shocker is a plot of earth’s temperature, obtained from ice cores and lake sediments, tracks minima and maxima of the sunspot plot at six different times between 1600 and 2000.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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As a result, the core muscles do not need to engage in order to maintain this postural position throughout the exercise.—
Matt Parrott,
Arkansas Online,
3 Aug. 2025
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Just as theatrical—and perhaps even more thrilling—is the restaurant’s turmeric-marinated catfish, the fish cut into hunks and twice-cooked: first, with a crisping swim in the kitchen’s deep fryer, offstage in the kitchen, then at the table, in a sizzling skillet set over a portable burner.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
20 July 2025
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The chicken was outrageously juicy, shredded into succulent hunks that sopped up a brick-red-colored mole made from roasted tomatoes, chiles and onions with ground sesame and pumpkin seeds.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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With continuation funds, asset managers in essence are using new investors’ money to pay off old ones.—
Hank Tucker,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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The miscommunication that Scorsese’s blurb refers to as the essence of our crise is the product of both political tragedy and B-movie sensationalism.—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 July 2025
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The most recent example of this inconceivably opaque situation involves the wad being spent on TV ads promoting candidates for mayor of Detroit.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
21 July 2025
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So the wad of gauze was slapped on his ear for dramatic effect, as suspected.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
Noun
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While Luna spent much of the summer playing on the left wing, his heart is with the playmaking 10 role.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
28 July 2025
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There will always be a special place in our hearts for Starkey, but this was impressive.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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“Nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nub. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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