nubs

plural of nub

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for nubs
Noun
  • Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ship sports other battle scars as well; several chunks are missing near its base, which looks a bit like the ear of a dog that lost a fight.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For example, most types of turfgrass have short roots, and soil samples from lawns only need to be dug to a depth of 4 inches.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The roots of my family tree are firmly established in the soil of Great Britain.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One study uses a new astrophysical computer simulation that models turbulence within the cloud, causing fragmentation into smaller, star-forming clumps.
    Luke Keller, Space.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Continue propagating mature clumps by division in spring.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Women need this to be healthy – for their hearts, their brains.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The beautiful friendship between a 93-year-old widower and his senior cat has melted hearts online, as internet users can't get enough of their daily routine.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prince Edward County is delightfully bikable and walkable, especially along the Millennium Trail and town cores.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These new chips include eight cores, 16 threads, and 24MB of cache, amounting to a 30W maximum TDP.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But a safe containing fat wads of cash and a large cocaine stash presents an opportunity.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Get the recipe > Saveur’s editor at large Shane Mitchell shared these Southern-style pancakes, which get their subtle chew from fresh corn kernels.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • With dry processing, the coconut meat is dried to create kernels.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The film is manually wound through the camera via hand knobs at either side, with a frame counter keeping track of how many exposures have been taken.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Check the base of the beater shaft, rims around the motor housing, ventilation openings, and control knobs and switches.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Nubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nubs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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