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Recent Examples of nutshell In a nutshell Days before the Christmas holiday, Mexico’s economy minister Marcelo Ebrard announced that the country would boost import tariffs on a range of apparel and textile products and inputs by up to 35 percent. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2025 This is the pro-bitcoin argument for the strategic reserve in a nutshell. Sam Lyman, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 In a nutshell, Gibson’s thoughts reflect how everyone associated with the Hornets feels about Walker’s return, which has injected a behind-the-scenes boost that can’t necessarily be measured. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Jan. 2025 In a nutshell, the shocks use low damping forces when the vehicle is traveling in a high frequency environment, like on long stretches of smooth road, but use high damping forces when traveling in a low frequency area like a road with a lot of bumps or sharp corners. Bryan Rogala, Outside Online, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nutshell 
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Noun
  • Recent whispers from Washington suggest that tariffs are unlikely to be broad.
    Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Veteran journalist Kim Osorio appears in the doc and says that there were whispers that Porter was a victim of Combs’ abuse, and an attorney for a client who sued Combs says her client witnessed acts of violence against Porter.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Not all seeds are fertile or survive, so only a fraction of those produced might germinate and mature themselves.
    Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But only a fraction of all defibrillators are actually registered with the local emergency services system, as is required by law.
    Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As part of Berea’s thriving small business scene, The Taleless Dog Booksellers champions the importance of shopping local.
    American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In one memorable scene, Nafisi has the students practice a Jane Austen–era dance as part of their study of Pride and Prejudice, drawing parallels between the stifling rules of courtship in Victorian England and those of some contemporary families in Iran.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This mouthful of a condition is a chronic type of arthritis that causes spine inflamation.
    Brittany Risher, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Russell Vought Behind that bureaucratic mouthful of a title is the most powerful person deciding how the government will spend its $7 trillion-plus annual budget.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Sure, the Oscars love a musical (hello, La La Land) and have shown eclectic taste in the recent past (it’s only been two years since Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the ceremony).
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Two Charlotte stores will be taste testers for Krispy Kreme’s doughnut menu expansion.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On New Year's Eve 2024, the show posted a clip on its Instagram, featuring snippets of their early career days.
    Jackie Tempera, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • More context is given to their stories as the films show them with their families and coaches, offering a few snippets of joyful teenage lives with friends, siblings and romantic crushes.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • With the best brush for curly hair in your arsenal, every part of your routine—from detangling to DIY blowouts—gets a little bit simpler.
    Erin Parker, Allure, 25 Jan. 2025
  • The problem, of course, is that the bit itself is stuck in one gear.
    Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Blumberg worked with Tilbury, for instance, for around two weeks, sitting in the garden shed where the pianist keeps his Steinway, with Blumberg recording as Tilbury scribbled notes on a stave and played fragments of song.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at different sites across the country are clearly remnants of archaic hominins — the formal name for species in the human lineage — who lived between 300,000 and 100,000 years ago.
    Katie Hunt, CNN, 24 Jan. 2025

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