as in whisper
something small in size, amount, or range
a nutshell of a fan base
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Recent Examples of nutshell
That is, in a nutshell, a huge part of modern coaching in any sport.
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
So there’s your answer in a nutshell.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
This game, though, was Ball in a nutshell.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
In a nutshell, the US is sort of a free market healthcare system.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
So there’s your answer in a nutshell.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
This game, though, was Ball in a nutshell.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
In a nutshell, the US is sort of a free market healthcare system.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nutshell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nutshell
Noun
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Of course, this being DC and the WHCD, there are always whispers and smoke.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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In Islamabad, the almost indecipherable whisper of leaks has turned to crickets.—
Nic Robertson,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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New York Mets legends Gary Carter and Bud Harrelson both managed the team, with the latter also being a part-owner.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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The recruitment has been part of that — Leipzig bought well and sold the players who needed to leave — but Werner has handled a young squad particularly well, minimising the volatility that was such a feature of their football last season.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Yet without laws allowing for domestic partnerships of three or more people, they are left spending thousands of dollars on attorney’s fees to craft a patchwork of legal agreements that afford just small fraction of the contractual protection conferred to married couples by default.—
Sonja Sharp,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Its trillion-parameter system uses a Mixture-of-Experts approach, activating only a fraction of parameters per task.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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Dual Edition, a mouthful of a chip that includes 64MB of 3D V-Cache on both processor dies, without the hybrid arrangement that has defined the other chips up until now.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
27 Mar. 2026
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Still, some marine mammals can’t resist a mouthful of unsalted goodness.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
18 Mar. 2026
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Santa Fe Dry Goods is about having extremely good taste, providing a place where a mix of generations wearing natural-fiber outfits can shop.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, Sarwer noted that physiological senses like taste can vary a lot from person to person at baseline.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
28 Apr. 2026
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After filming the anticipated reunion, a snippet of an exchange among Ciara Miller, Westling Wilson and Amanda Batula was shared on social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
24 Apr. 2026
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Record labels are doing this too, getting clippers to pair compelling video snippets with artists’ songs on places like TikTok, all in the hopes that the song is going to blow up.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shanahan said Height did a little bit of everything in college and will likely have multiple roles for the 49ers, comparing him to Byron Young and Jalon Walker, who played under new 49ers defensive coordinator Raheem Morris with the Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons, respectively.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the third season finale of Apple TV’s Shrinking felt decidedly like a series finale, the show will indeed be back for a fourth season, with the story moving just a little bit further down the road.—
Scott Huver,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2026
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Romania has confirmed drone fragments on its territory on multiple occasions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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Romania has confirmed drone fragments on its territory on multiple occasions during the war in Ukraine.—
Elise Morton,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Nutshell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nutshell. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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