as in fragments
something small in size, amount, or range
a nutshell of a fan base
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Recent Examples of nutshells
Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs.
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Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutshells
Noun
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And there was something investigators had never seen before -- potato fragments splattered in the bedroom.—
Marcelena Spencer,
CBS News,
15 Mar. 2026
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These fragments often convey shifting or conflicting justifications.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Alba's beau just quietly debunked whispers that the actress is secretly dating an NFL star.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Blizzards buried parts of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota while torrential rains flooded homes and washed out roads in Hawaii.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Mar. 2026
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Highs above 90 degrees Fahrenheit are expected to be widespread in Southern California, with parts of Arizona and Nevada reaching the triple digits.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These brief bits find themselves among the fine art works curated from 32 of the hundreds of painters, sculptors, illustrators and photographers who have traveled to Ossabaw Island over the past 65 years.—
Amy Paige Condon,
AJC.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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To be more sensitive to modern audiences, O’Brien said that Howl’s revival would take fewer song requests while softening the onstage comedy bits, adding that its modern music and food menu of wings and flatbreads would also drive the bar’s success.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fortunately, however, the absolute energy of any individual particle-particle collision is tiny, corresponding to tiny fractions of a microgram’s worth of energy in terms of mass.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Mar. 2026
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Addiction may be one of their next frontiers, an area where only small fractions of patients currently receive medications as treatment.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Indeed, Sala is where the mature Myers Park crowd goes for after work hobnobbing, small bites and aperitifs.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Mar. 2026
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Here are some of the best restaurants, bars and quick bites in both terminals and every concourse at Atlanta’s airport.—
Henri Hollis,
AJC.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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In sync with American tastes, there’s an apartment-sized amount of space and an armory of amenities, including an industrial-speed hairdryer and a clothes steamer for any emergency de-crinkling.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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No matter your best intentions, the fact remains that styles change, as do our tastes.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Nutshells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutshells. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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