nub

Example Sentences

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However, a judge ordered the council to re-look at the complaint, saying it had not considered the nub of the matter - whether the fouling constituted a "statutory nuisance".

From BBC

He jotted down this bon mot with his pencil nub.

From Literature

Roz carefully opened the lid and examined its contents: a collection of farming magazines, a pair of leather gloves, a pencil nub.

From Literature

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

When resting, it appears as a small white nub between their eyes, but when raised, it becomes a hooked, barbed organ covered in teeth.

From Science Daily