nut

Example Sentences

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Sagan has a gig that any sports nut would envy: He basically gets paid to watch games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"This is the blueprint of my life," said the actor, a lifelong aeroplane nut, who narrates the story.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Interest rates on CDs were probably looking pretty good at the time, so you put the whole nut in at once and let it ride.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

And interest in the green nut doesn’t seem to be waning in the near future either.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Or he’d shake hands solemnly all around, and when you took your hand away there’d be a nut chocolate bar in it.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey