as in whisper
something small in size, amount, or range
a nutshell of a fan base
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutshell
Noun
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The whispers rise, a hum, a din— China’s AI, set to win.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
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More powerful and vivid than captured on record, her singing moved from faint, vulnerable whispers to urgent, shrill-free belting that often carried without the aid of effects.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Content creation is just a small fraction of the overall personal branding picture.—
Melanie Borden,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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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
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The City Council made the appointment as part of its consent calendar, in which multiple items are approved with a single vote.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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This mouthful of a condition is a chronic type of arthritis that causes spine inflamation.—
Brittany Risher,
SELF,
8 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Same taste, same quality, same ability—or inability—to survive for generations.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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The problem, of course, is that the bit itself is stuck in one gear.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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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
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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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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
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