the nub

noun

: the main part or point of something
the nub of the story/problem/matter/argument

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In its first months, the conflict restored to the world’s consciousness the Palestinians’ aspiration to a nation of their own, the nub of their conflict with Israel. Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 7 Oct. 2024 But Epic’s points get to the nub of the issue—there is no middle ground between Google’s (or Apple’s or Samsung’s) official stores, and the unregulated danger zone from unscrutinized apps, promoted by phishing and smishing attacks, carrying dangerous payloads. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Tanner suggests imagining the shape of an eight with the center being the nub, and then running a finger along this path. Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024 Instead, Tanner suggests layering the natural folds of your labia over the nub to massage it indirectly. Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2024 And that is the nub of the problem for many of my clients. Peter Accettura, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 In a sense, this is the nub of the problem: there is no consensus about how to use Section 3, even in the face of Trump’s outrageous actions. Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2024 Slipcovers help, but they have been washed to the nub. Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024 Homework, though, is not the nub of Brooks’s enterprise. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023

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“The nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20nub. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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