Examples of the nub in a Sentence
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And that is the nub of the problem for many of my clients.
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Peter Accettura, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In a sense, this is the nub of the problem: there is no consensus about how to use Section 3, even in the face of Trump’s outrageous actions.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
Slipcovers help, but they have been washed to the nub.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Homework, though, is not the nub of Brooks’s enterprise.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Next, pull the nub off the top of the avocado to reveal the color of the flesh inside.
—Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
And the nub of the questions always cuts to the heart of what the issue was.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
Ta-Nehisi Coates, for putting his finger on the nub of the American ailment.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
The woman’s thin hand cupped the nub of an expended candle.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
Peter Accettura, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In a sense, this is the nub of the problem: there is no consensus about how to use Section 3, even in the face of Trump’s outrageous actions.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024
Slipcovers help, but they have been washed to the nub.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Homework, though, is not the nub of Brooks’s enterprise.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Next, pull the nub off the top of the avocado to reveal the color of the flesh inside.
—Daniel Holzman and Matt Rodbard, WSJ, 8 Feb. 2022
And the nub of the questions always cuts to the heart of what the issue was.
—CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
Ta-Nehisi Coates, for putting his finger on the nub of the American ailment.
—New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
The woman’s thin hand cupped the nub of an expended candle.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
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“The nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20nub. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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