nub

Example Sentences

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There lies the nub of the dilemma for Qatar and the five other Gulf states facing the brunt of the backlash from a war they tried to avert through diplomacy.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

But voices were growing for stronger action, saying the monarch was failing to get at the nub of the problem: in the public’s eye, the disgraced prince continues to live…well, like a prince.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

But the nub of the issue for him is “how” they produce this art, the range of artists they’re inviting in, the openness to new forms and collaborative modalities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Both treatments caused the same dramatic effect: the hyphae elongated much more slowly and with a strange nub shape not found in nature.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

I teach Ray tic-tac-toe, and we play over and over until the chalk is a nub.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes