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stuff

[stuhf] / stʌf /


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


NOUN
fabric
Synonyms


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If you are curious about getting a whole-body MRI, it is worth first making sure that you are doing all of the more run-of-the-mill stuff your doctor recommends.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

It’s thrilling stuff, great for U.S. men’s tennis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

“It was good to be on the grass with him and do some stuff, and get a feel,” Donald said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

"We could make train cars-worth of this stuff and help solve a massive global health problem," Carroll said.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

It was buried under the stack of school stuff I moved out of the way when I was in the zone writing the other night.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

Avilés takes a story about death and stuffs it with life.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 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

"Otherwise the supply of high quality food stuffs is jeopardised," warned DBV head Joachim Rukwied in a radio interview.

From BBC Jan. 8, 2024

Ana hops up and stuffs a book under her arm.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The first floor of the JapanLA store in Fairfax is full of stuffed toys.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

She bore a large scar on her face when she met with AFP at her home in Bethlehem, holding a stuffed fox that had belonged to her son.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

But that’s a lot of big ifs stuffed into a trenchcoat, parading around social media as an inevitability.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2026

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

With the postcard still stuffed in my sleeve, I head for the stairs.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

Users were targeted by a so-called "credential stuffing" attack in which hackers used passwords exposed in previous breaches to access 23andMe accounts for which people had used similar credentials.

From BBC May 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 3, 2026

So he began typing up a summary of the top headlines and stuffing copies in people’s mailboxes.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2026

Inside, I started shedding layers, stuffing them into my backpack as I headed for the cafeteria to wait for the first bell.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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