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Recent Examples of crumb So, once again Gen Z taking everything from us and leaving no crumbs. Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 9 June 2025 Combine graham crackers, sugar, and a pinch of kosher salt in a food processor and pulse until the mixture turns to fine crumbs. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 June 2025 Add melted butter and pulse until mixture looks like wet sand. 3: Place crumb mixture into pie pan. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025 When these three men were dominating the circuit, the rest of the field were reduced to scrabbling over the crumbs. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crumb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumb
Noun
  • The material underfoot was dark brown and appeared to be a mix of wood chips and woody debris, dotted with cast-off rubber and plastic — the shred of a Spalding basketball here, a purple plastic squirrel there.
    Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
  • In a shred of goods news, final sales to private domestic purchasers — a key gauge of underlying demand in the economy — accelerated to 3% in the first quarter from 2.9% in the fourth quarter.
    Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Like specks of dirt falling victim to a vacuum, balls were simply drawn into his glove.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
  • This natural phenomenon, in which light-emitting sea creatures like algae cause the water to glitter with specks of blue and white light, is best viewed on a dark, moonless night.
    Jessie Beck, AFAR Media, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • Telehealth offers a glimmer of a solution, but as everyone who’s tried to show off a concerning mole to a doctor via a smartphone camera knows: Video technology can only get you so far.
    Christopher Null, Wired News, 19 June 2025
  • For travelers, Christchurch Airport offers a glimmer of hope.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • The gloss comes in six sheer shades, ranging from clear to a purple hue, and four of them include shimmery flecks that’ll catch the light to make your lips look even juicier.
    Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 4 June 2025
  • Miniature crystals dot the brown enamel to look like flecks of salt.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
  • Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.
    Sandals Resorts, AFAR Media, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Each piece is dressed with a sprinkling of ancho chili flakes, which add a subtle heat that compliments the coffee’s robustness.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
  • Firefighters have not yet contained some of the strongest blazes, although officials hoped that a sprinkling of rain on Thursday would aid their emergency efforts, the Times reports.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • According to Chi Li, assistant research professor and first author of the study, the small particles identified tend to come from direct air emissions, such as black carbon particles from diesel engines, or the smoke from wildfires.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
  • By combining Chandra's X-ray and VLA's radio data, the researchers calculated that particles in the J1405+0415 jet are traveling at 95% to 99% the speed of light.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023

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“Crumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumb. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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