as in fragments
something small in size, amount, or range
a nutshell of a fan base
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Recent Examples of nutshells
Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs.
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Alexandria Mitchem Hansen,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
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Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
Alexandria Mitchem Hansen,
The Conversation,
19 Dec. 2025
And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutshells
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Different software versions, and even different storage media, can preserve different file fragments and automatic backups.
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One topic in Turner’s exploration involves microplastics, the microscopic fragments created as plastic materials break down in oceans, rivers, and wastewater systems.
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Continue reading … AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ — Test yourself on cruise controversies and wedding whispers.
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But whispers of two young French watchmaking wunderkinder spread quickly.
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Historical data about the parts of the nation that use the most air conditioning shows a strong geographical trend.
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Zada plans to shoot the movie first on a soundstage with real actors and will decide later which parts work better traditionally and what should be done synthetically.
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Screwdriver bits attach to the tool with a magnet, and the Vulyx itself can magnetically stick to any metallic surface.
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The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
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These nanoscale pathways allowed lighter fractions, including naphtha, gasoline, and kerosene, to pass through while retaining heavier components.
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This has become increasingly difficult, with professional players routinely simulating injuries and an offside rule that is interpreted to within fractions of an inch.
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The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
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Wounds as small as tick bites can attract the flies.
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That all adds up to a lot of bites.
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The second film was a bit too bloated for my tastes and one that didn’t add much to what came before.
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Karlsson, however, knows the tastes of the dressing room.
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“Nutshells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutshells. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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