the stuff

Example Sentences

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“I thought the stuff was good coming in,” said manager Dave Roberts about Sheehan.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

A West Virginia company that hauls coal got hit with regulations as if it were extracting the stuff.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The insatiable appetite for high-tech products could eventually bleed into popular goods such as cellphones, laptops and the like — the stuff consumers buy.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

And what if the stuff I found wasn’t right?

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones