NUTSHELL Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

nutshell

noun

Definition of nutshell

as in whisper

something small in size, amount, or range a nutshell of a fan base

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Recent Examples of nutshell This is the Giants in a nutshell. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 21 June 2026 Left-wing sports media in a nutshell. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 The idea, in a nutshell, is to first find the group using a mixture of satellites, drones, radar aircraft, ships, submarines, signals intelligence, etc. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026 In a nutshell, a player is offside if any part of their body is closer to the goal than both the ball and the second-to-last defender, when the ball is passed to them. — Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nutshell

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Noun

Moves for Anan Khalaili and Zavier Gozo are being finalised, and with both able to play right wing-back, there are whispers Daniel Munoz may be sold.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
That is, the ability to provide the benefits of modern speech interfaces without the need for users to speak audibly, even at a whisper.

— Greg Uyeno, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of whisper

Noun

There’s a keen juxtaposition of the old and the modern throughout this part of Edinburgh, where buildings made of ancient volcanic sandstone accommodate hip boutiques like record store Underground Solu'shn and coffee shops like The Milkman.

— Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Joe, for his part, ignores Nathan’s call before the guests arrive.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of part

Noun

Hundreds of thousands of packages have already been delivered by Amazon drones this year, but even after this expansion drones will still only handle a fraction of the hundreds of millions of package deliveries each year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
But some schools only have a fraction of the students they were built to accommodate.

— James Taylor, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of fraction

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Freshmen and transfer students moved into their dormitories on Tuesday, beginning a new chapter and getting their first taste of college life.

— Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
Fantastic Fest, the most reliably eclectic and unapologetically strange American film festival on the fall calendar, has unveiled a lineup that promises to delight any cinephile whose tastes lie outside the conventional.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of taste

Noun

Listen to snippets from his new albums and read more about his musical influences, from New Orleans Jazz to video games.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
Palal played snippets of the 2008 interview as Davis, dressed in a blue suit and tie, watched a screen in the courtroom.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of snippet

Noun

Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Then there’s Lew, who was eased into camp a little bit at a time, moving from a few reps to a few series to a day with the first team and now returning to start at center.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of bit

Noun

She was rushed to the hospital and was last listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery to remove the bullet fragments.

— Ryan Hughes, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation.

— Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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