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stubble

[stuhb-uhl] / ˈstʌb əl /


NOUN
five o'clock shadow
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Various reports say about one-third of American men are fully bearded, with the numbers inching toward half if you count goatees and heavy stubble.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

The 54-year-old comedian with a beard full of gray stubble drops back to pass, launching a tight spiral underneath SoFi’s massive technicolor halo scoreboard hovering above a sea of empty stands.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 5, 2026

Years of efforts to tackle the problem, including work-from-home policies and rules on crop stubble burning, have done little to alleviate the issue.

From Barron's Dec. 28, 2025

A burly bearded man in a blue tunic moved swiftly through grassy stubble on a windswept road in rural Damascus, collecting bones with his bare hands.

From BBC Oct. 15, 2025

He raised a hand to draw his knuckles up his jaw line, exactly the way his father rasped his beard stubble, and wiped surreptitiously at the tears that had brimmed.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker




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