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

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

The nub of this is the forever grey area of what is perceived to be a responsible approach to freedom of speech.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2023

She found the nub of a pencil she’d gotten out of her locker and crouched down, balancing the notebook on her knees.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake