as in remainder
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
an ashtray full of cigarette stubs ticket stubs
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Recent Examples of stub
Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Cut just above a bud so that a flush of growth will screen the stubs.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
The Archive Room is painted blue and filled with Disney parks memorabilia he’s collected over the years including his ticket stubs, which are safely stored in a fillable glass lamp.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Try to avoid cutting them off leaving stubs.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Scorebooks also provide game-goers with proof of attendance—or at least evidence of having watched from home—when physical ticket stubs no longer exist to play a similar role.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
Cut just above a bud so that a flush of growth will screen the stubs.
—Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
The Archive Room is painted blue and filled with Disney parks memorabilia he’s collected over the years including his ticket stubs, which are safely stored in a fillable glass lamp.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Try to avoid cutting them off leaving stubs.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stub
Noun
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Perhaps even a rag-tag group of remainders can put a scare into San Antonio.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2026
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The best-case scenario would be for the Lakers’ remainders to extend the best-of-seven series with the Rockets long enough for Doncic and Reaves to rejoin LeBron James in that Big Three, either at the end of this series or the start of the next one.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Just behind the cineplex and beyond the route of the busway, are 34 acres once occupied by a scrap metal yard acquired by the city in a foreclosure in 2021.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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The wastepaper baskets were filled with real scraps of newspaper.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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Roofing and storm damage Charlotte is exposed to severe thunderstorms, hail and occasional remnants from hurricanes that push inland from the coast.—
Ryan Brennan
May 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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At least 50 tropical storms or hurricane remnants have either affected or moved over California and Arizona, including storms that fell apart offshore and remnants of storms that moved north after making landfall somewhere to the south along the Baja California Peninsula.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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“Stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stub. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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