1
as in shred
a very small amount
a neglected dog who is desperate for any crumb of affection he might get from strangers
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2
as in speck
a very small piece
eating pretzels in bed got crumbs between the sheets
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3
as in bastard
slang
a person whose behavior is offensive to others
if I ever start behaving as obnoxiously as those crumbs, be sure to give me a good slap on the kisser
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Recent Examples of crumb
What narration there is between numbers sometimes offers crumbs of insight, but any connecting thread to the material is a challenge to glean.
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026
Small crumbs can sustain the colony as ants require very little food to survive.
—Charlotte Maracina, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Chewy coconut, crunchy cashew crumbs, lots of caramel goo interspersed with chocolate goo.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
Food and Drinks Eating in bed is seldom recommended, creating stains and crumbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
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Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026
Small crumbs can sustain the colony as ants require very little food to survive.
—Charlotte Maracina, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
Chewy coconut, crunchy cashew crumbs, lots of caramel goo interspersed with chocolate goo.
—Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Apr. 2026
Food and Drinks Eating in bed is seldom recommended, creating stains and crumbs.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crumb
Noun
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The perpetrators of these crimes are savage animals without a shred of humanity.—
Bobby Zirkin,
Baltimore Sun,
14 May 2026
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That's patently false and not supported by a shred of evidence.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
Noun
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As in Kourliandski’s quartet, specks and splatters of sound are interspersed with silences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The titular town is a serene speck of a place in the west of Japan, near a mountain also called Nagi, a beautiful but raggedy landscape that patchworks swathes of virgin forest, farmed fields and twinkling solar panels.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Noun
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But ultimately, what should fans take from the moving yet sorrowful final chapter, which is punctuated with a glimmer of hope and possibly the breath of life for its central characters?—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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While math achievement saw a rebound after the pandemic, reading continued to decline through 2024, with 2025 offering glimmers of a turnaround, the report said.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Our recipe studs egg filling with flecks of green onions, bacon, and a generous helping of Swiss cheese.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
Noun
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Search the internet and there are coaches and players spotted sniffing the ammonia inhalants before a game, with their instant reactions — a noticeable head jerk or contorted face — going viral.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Hethington didn’t want to cannibalize his menu with the dish, instead compromising with a jerk lamb shank, and a whole Chinese Trini chicken, an homage to the popular takeout food in Trinidad.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Noun
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There’s also a sprinkling of business travelers and Cairo residents meeting friends at the restaurants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026
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For balanced nutrition, combining both, like sprinkling almonds on oatmeal, offers the best of both worlds.—
Brianna Tobritzhofer,
Health,
12 May 2026
Noun
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What this revealed was that atomic nuclei heavier than the atomic nucleus of iron lost energy much more slowly than lighter particles.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
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This setup would let researchers detect minute differences in the isotopes’ energy levels by examining nuances in the magnetic field created by each particle’s spinning nucleus, called the nuclear magnetic moment.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
13 May 2026
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Police also said a man walking his dog was shot in the back Sunday morning.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Any attempt by a participant, or any other person, to participate using more than one dog/pet, using any method, may result in disqualification by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.—
Tim McGovern,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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“Crumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crumb. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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