as in fragments
something small in size, amount, or range
a nutshell of a fan base
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Noun
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The fact that most other countries on Earth, and certainly peer countries economically, have tiny fractions of our total numbers of gun deaths and injuries shows that basic, common-sense restrictions work and work well.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025 -
The Chinese tariffs that will pummel soybeans, the primary aircraft category, the primary category for vaccines, plasma and blood fractions, cotton and grain sorghum.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The number of ads displayed has grown, the way Google ranks content is constantly changing to provide a better user experience, and rich snippets of text from websites began appearing in result pages several years ago.—
Nick Brown,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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After all, who needs a spike in real-time viewership when millions will watch it in snippets anyway?—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Nutshells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutshells. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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