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the central part or aspect of something under consideration
the nub of the argument is that the intelligence agencies failed the country
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Every few chapters, a sudden nub of detail robs you of your breath.
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
How about a girl dinner with that leftover nub of cheese?
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Our tasters were looking for a kernel of corn or nub of broccoli, evidence that the burger was proud to be vegetarian, not shy about it.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Aug. 2024
My favorite component may have been the peach gum, small amber nubs of a chewy, sticky substance I was told came from the sap of a peach tree.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
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Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
How about a girl dinner with that leftover nub of cheese?
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Our tasters were looking for a kernel of corn or nub of broccoli, evidence that the burger was proud to be vegetarian, not shy about it.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 7 Aug. 2024
My favorite component may have been the peach gum, small amber nubs of a chewy, sticky substance I was told came from the sap of a peach tree.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
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Checking Your Malware Protection Anti-Malware makes up the biggest chunk of the security score, worth 30 points.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The three states account for 44 electoral votes, a large chunk of the 93 electoral votes that the seven battleground states make up.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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From a design perspective, the edict was a layered home respectful of the building’s storied roots.Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
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This thinking ignored the true roots of poverty: employment discrimination, educational disparities, segregated housing, and systemic biases in the criminal justice system.Ben Zdencanovic, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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Golden mussel takeovers in other countries have shown that the species can grow in clumps or colonies containing as many as 80,000 to 200,000 organisms per square meter.Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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There is a rapid onset of hair loss, causing people to lose clumps of hair, usually on the sides of the scalp.Mark Gurarie, Health, 27 Oct. 2024
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Inconsistent Messaging Without a solid brand foundation, founders often present inconsistent messages to potential investors, which can cause confusion about the company's core mission and values.Kate Buckley, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite recent off-message moments, his team thinks he’s done enough to win and that his core argument — that the Biden-Harris administration broke the economy and border and Trump will fix it — will carry him to victory.Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Inspiron 16 Plus is a genuine hunk of a laptop.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
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Inspired by dystopian science fiction, the hulking hunk of unpainted metal barely squeezes into a lane of traffic and encases its driver in a (sort of) bulletproof tank that’s easily mistaken for a weapon of war.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 26 Sep. 2024
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In essence, the Fed has satisfied its dual mandate of keeping inflation and unemployment low.Rob Wile, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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In essence, the Magic Trackpad is just a larger version of the touchpad found on MacBooks.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes he sang-rapped like had a wad of gum in his mouth, clearly a student of all the early Future tapes.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2024
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As a result, patrons — especially tourists — carry wads of bills to dinner, making stacks of pesos for the tip alone a common sight given the country’s largest denomination banknote was until recently just 2,000 pesos (about $1.50).Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2024
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In today’s deal, North’s leap to four hearts is preemptive, and West doubles that outrage with his 23 high-card points.Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Scherzinger wrote alongside a prayer emoji and a heart emoji.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Nub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nub. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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