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as in root
the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the nub of the argument is that the intelligence agencies failed the country
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Recent Examples of nub
Ephemera directs the brain to the tiniest concrete nubs of consciousness, calming the quaking mind and bringing us back to ourselves.
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
How To Thoroughly Clean Your Bath Mat Cloth Cloth bath mats typically feature nubs, twists, or loops of fabric.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Glock discontinued its pistol model late last year and replaced the plastic nub near the rear sight with a small steel rail in its new pistol models, known as Gen V, to solve the conversion issue.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Her trick is to finely chop the ginger, instead of grating it, so there are spicy-sweet nubs in each bite.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
How To Thoroughly Clean Your Bath Mat Cloth Cloth bath mats typically feature nubs, twists, or loops of fabric.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 12 May 2026
Glock discontinued its pistol model late last year and replaced the plastic nub near the rear sight with a small steel rail in its new pistol models, known as Gen V, to solve the conversion issue.
—Jack O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Her trick is to finely chop the ginger, instead of grating it, so there are spicy-sweet nubs in each bite.
—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nub
Noun
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Some politicians endorsed it as a move to stop corporate landlords from being able to outbid families, and buying up large chunks of local housing markets with cash offers.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
23 June 2026
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Foreman had infamously had chunks of his body cut and carved out before he was killed.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Noun
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Larger roots mean larger iris blooms and better plant vitality the following year.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
18 June 2026
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During a scene in the show toward the end, Hargitay's character roots through several boxes around her.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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The model of shuffling that the new result depends on, like Bayer and Diaconis’ before it, still assumes that the cards riffle down one by one, rather than in clumps.—
John Pavlus,
Quanta Magazine,
17 June 2026
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The envelopes of material around these infant stars eventually form clumps that gather more and more mass to become planets.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
Noun
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Keep a core of year-round basics, then rotate a few season-specific pieces in and out as the weather turns.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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The home and core ranges reflected strong loyalty between these areas less than 258 miles apart.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 June 2026
Noun
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The actor is also well-aware of Almanzo’s heartthrob status — hey, someone in Walnut Grove had to be the town hunk!—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Noun
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Some pastimes are distractions, some are distortions, and some few are true distillations—refining a city or a place or a community to its essence, deliciously sipped by all.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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Like the catchphrase to the Wide World of Sports broadcast that first enthralled Hunt with the World Cup, this was the essence of the thrill of victory contrasting, alas, with the agony of defeat.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 June 2026
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The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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And Lamanna’s coauthor Jingmai O’Connor, vertebrate paleontologist and associate curator of fossil reptiles at Chicago’s Field Museum, also pointed out wads of bone found in the Changma Basin resemble pellets that owls regurgitate after feeding on prey.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Others develop dangerous fluctuations in blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms because the autonomic nervous system becomes affected.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
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Let heart guide tone, and your message lands.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2026
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“Nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nub. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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