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Recent Examples of crumb Thanks to strong multi-surface suction, this upright vacuum can go right from the living room carpet to the kitchen without missing a beat (or a crumb). Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Similarly, there’s a certain amount of etiquette that comes with eating on a plane—this may mean waiting for your seatmate to come back from getting out of their seat, eating quietly and keeping wrappers and crumbs in check, Kihaule says. Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2026 During times of high prices and compressed returns, retail investors are battling for the same crowded crumbs in the public stock market. Justin Donald, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Some teachers recommend doing it weekly to catch missing work, spills from leaky water bottles and accumulating crumbs. Cheyanne Mumphrey, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crumb
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumb
Noun
  • The pork chop came with an unfamiliar vegetable, shreds of a green stalk.
    Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • How to Grate Zucchini Once grated, the one large zucchini for this recipe should come out to about 1 ¾ cups of shreds.
    Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Hezlep House is on the market for a speck under $5 million with listing agent Nancy Valentine.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
  • That’s way off in the distance, barely a speck on the horizon.
    Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • In Show Must Go On, the comedian embraces his own compassion by pretending to be a jerk.
    Britina Cheng, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • That screwed up the works / And not due to his sloppy hiring / Of a crew of incompetent jerks.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • But Johnson offered a glimmer of hope in his explanation about the looming suspension.
    Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • About a week and a half into her care, she was moved out of the intensive care unit, offering a glimmer of hope.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Little flecks of roasted sweet potato pepper the cake, and a tangy cream cheese glaze is a perfect complement to the warm spices and crunchy topping.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2026
  • One image of her right knee showed flecks of blue plastic that prosecutors said came from an inflatable pool Burke used to collect blood while dismembering her body.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Noun
  • But much of the program dispensed with speed to explore the other skills of the dogs — and their owners.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Pets are welcome—two dogs per room, no weight limit, $100 each—so even your furry friends can enjoy the mountain air.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The majority of this year's hottest ZIP codes are located on the East Coast, with a sprinkling in the upper Midwest.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Think of it like a recipe, maybe adding flowers to a frosted cake or sprinkling powdered sugar atop a sponge cake; Stewart's rose gold hair injects a sprinkle of the same whimsy into the last few weeks of summertime.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Most are no larger than a particle of dust, or grain of sand.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • There is also a record that staff there was improperly emitting particles through their smokestack.
    Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Crumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumb. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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