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stuff

[stuhf] / stʌf /


NOUN
any thing, thought, substance, etc.
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK


NOUN
fabric
Synonyms


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Of such solid stuff was the pound sterling made that nobody seems to have asked for an inflation-escalator clause.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

That cool camera setup isn’t worth it because viewers don’t care about that kind of stuff, executives say.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

“I haven’t made a sale yet, but we’ve got some stuff brewing.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“A lot of the stuff that came out around the same time the Shakes broke feels very of that time to me,” Eshak says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

“I’ve sort of got stuff to do…. I have this church thing of my mom’s after school. She signed me up to help.”

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

The Cowboys didn’t get a green dot in free agency, which remains a major hole, and Rodriguez does it all and stuffs the stat sheet.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

Top holdings include Thai Foods Group, which distributes poultry and other food stuffs in Thailand, and Brazilian energy companies Petroreconcavo and Petrobras.

From Barron's Apr. 12, 2026

The desperation caused by precious food stuffs going to waste in warm fridges and freezers was exacerbated by citizens going for days with no air-conditioning or ceiling fans in the island's stifling heat.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

Later, he lies down and the man in the rabbit head, from whom he has taken a carrot, blows up black balloons and stuffs them in Smko’s clothing so they look like bulging tumors.

From New York Times Mar. 7, 2024

As he listens, he stuffs the cheese squares into his mouth with his left hand, but his right hand holds a pencil, and this hand is never still.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Their bright orange covers are stuffed with little more than what feels like poly-foam -completely inadequate for the open and unpredictable waters of the English Channel.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Matt Johnson’s funny, biting biopic of the future star chef is stuffed with the teen wastrel’s blood and vomit.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

According to Bernie Moreno, Miller once refused to turn over a favorite stuffed animal of the couple’s daughter during a custody exchange.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

If your safe portfolio allocation is stuffed with long-duration Treasurys, you own a leveraged bet on falling rates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

While she rattled off a few facts about Julia and Ellen, I stuffed my book into my bag.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

But over the years, I’ve found that the only way I wholeheartedly enjoy dates is by stuffing them.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

“Businesses, particularly those that collect and maintain sensitive personal and genetic data, can and should know to guard against” credential stuffing, the attorney general’s release said.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

Why is everyone suddenly stuffing their screens with dizzying amounts of data?

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

They have shown plenty of fight recently but that might have knocked the stuffing out of them a bit.

From BBC Mar. 2, 2026

She’d started collecting them even before Hanako was born, stuffing them into a drawer.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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