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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as in to blow out
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Recent Examples of stub
Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Sharks created a handout for fans at a subsequent game that had the lineups that night with a depiction of an actual ticket stub in the center.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Either Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson can make the game-winning play, although this is the round where Jackson usually stubs his toe.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Some of the most notable stubs were against Hollywood favorites.
—Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
The Sharks created a handout for fans at a subsequent game that had the lineups that night with a depiction of an actual ticket stub in the center.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
Video shows the marine serpent swimming by the shore in the clear shallow waters while stubbed beachgoers surround it.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Either Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson can make the game-winning play, although this is the round where Jackson usually stubs his toe.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stub
Noun
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From there, players stick to Abby's perspective for nearly the entire remainder of the game.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Another gift that generates regular income is the charitable remainder trust.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
Verb
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But in January 2024, days before a three-year probationary period on that original agreement ended, a door plug blew out of the side of a 737 Max flown by Alaska Air.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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They were blown out at Buffalo, 48-20, when Achane had 101 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries, and blown out at Baltimore, 56-19, when Achane had 107 yards and no touchdowns on 14 carries.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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In 2018, inspired by this culture of bricolage, curator Danni Friedman and designer Jean Lee gathered a group of designers in Havana for a ten-day workshop, turning them loose in an old shipyard factory filled with clay, concrete mix, scrap metal, and assorted junk.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Wang Cong Closing out the UFC 316 early prelims is a women’s flyweight scrap between Ariane da Silva (17-10) and Wang Cong (7-1).—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Some of these dust particles may be the remnants of the countless tiny meteors that collide with Earth's atmosphere on a daily basis, while others were born of volcanic eruptions or pollution before getting carried high into the atmosphere.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 May 2025
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Netanyahu put all of his chips on Trump nonetheless—a wager that now threatens to cost the Israeli prime minister the remnants of his legacy.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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“Stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stub. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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