How to Use nutshell in a Sentence
nutshell
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And that’s the Kings in a nutshell — good but not good enough.
—Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 May 2025
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In a nutshell, here are 12 lessons from the two cities: 1.
—Steven Litt, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
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What is the plot of Where the Crawdads Sing in a nutshell?
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 25 Feb. 2022
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What is the plot of Where the Crawdads Sing in a nutshell?
—Radhika Seth, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2022
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And that’s kind of like been my life’s work in a nutshell.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
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In a nutshell: Jess is broke, alone and needs a fresh start.
—Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
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Any way to put in a nutshell your feelings about the tour or the scope of it?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 May 2025
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That's Halsey in a nutshell, the poster child for the new pop-star playbook.
—Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2018
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And that, in a nutshell, is where the unease about woke-wear starts to creep in.
—Cam Wolf, GQ, 11 July 2017
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That, in a nutshell, is how the United States got Texas.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
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And that, in a nutshell, is what AimHire works to prevent.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
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Or in a nutshell, the state scored better than middle-of-the-pack.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 18 June 2017
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The end of the first half was the Patriots’ season in a nutshell.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
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That, in a nutshell, is what just happened with Cigna over the last two weeks.
—David Wainer, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2023
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In a nutshell, that’s the reason the Ducks won at Matthew Knight Arena.
—oregonlive, 31 Dec. 2022
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Finishing the play with style points added: The Schwartz way in a nutshell.
—Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2023
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In a nutshell, yes, there are six lessons, and each one is taught by one of the biggest adult stars in the world.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2022
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In a nutshell: Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen has her sights set on the Olympics.
—NBC News, 27 May 2021
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This, in a nutshell, is what happened to the Patent Office.
—Joe Hudicka, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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In a nutshell: a little girl is ready to face the day and the adventures that await.
—Gideon Grudo, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2019
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That, in a nutshell, was the spirit of the Trump enterprise.
—Michael Lewis, The Hive, 2 Aug. 2017
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This is the magic of that neo-vintage sweet spot in a nutshell.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 20 May 2024
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Here, in a nutshell, is the debate between right and left.
—Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 26 June 2018
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In a nutshell, the Weedmaps Museum of Weed is here to tell the whole story of cannabis.
—Felicia Gans, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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That, in a nutshell, is what Facebook promised on June 18th.
—The Economist, 20 June 2019
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This is the devilish problem of the Trump era in a nutshell.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 22 June 2018
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The theme of being alone and finding your purpose in life is the whole movie in a nutshell.
—Beth Marchant, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
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In a nutshell, the main two: Labour and the Conservatives.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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That, in a nutshell, is why Maurice was hired three years ago.
—Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 15 June 2025
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In a nutshell, the notion of randomness is not well defined, unless there is a process associated with it.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 12 June 2025
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