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nut

[nuht] / nʌt /
NOUN
seed of fruit, vegetable
Synonyms


NOUN
crazy, overenthusiastic person
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
sane person


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Lu of Australian National University said China successfully tempered excess capacity in its steel and aluminum industries in the 2010s, but cars were a harder nut to crack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Yet, as Lucas is a legendary lug nut, these hover cars and spaceships whisk you full speed into his creative process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Baroness Shas Sheehan, who chairs the committee, said the overuse of the treatments on household pets was "the equivalent of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

December 28: Boeing urges airlines to undertake inspections after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut while performing routine maintenance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Walnuts are not my favorite nut, but they are a good nut, nevertheless.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo

That starts with the nuts and bolts, said Justine Gonzalez, who works in nonprofit advocacy for schools.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

D-serine is closely related to L-serine, an amino acid commonly found in foods such as soybeans, eggs, fish, and nuts.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

You might think I’m nuts for giving these things access to my email.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Goldie is interested in getting to the nuts and bolts right off the bat, with bullet points of your basic income and spending parameters, such as:

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

As fish became harder to find, bears were forced to eat nuts and berries, and that forced the deer and the hares and the squirrels to find other sources of food.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

"What comes next is the execution risk. There's a lot of details still to be nutted out."

From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026

Before even making it to the next left, we were pulled over by the PO-PO, who then called for back up and nutted up on us with an additional 6 cop cars!

From Time Magazine Archive

They are that already—and it's patent-lock nutted throughout, and the engine is that new kind that interlocks.

From The Motormaniacs by Lloyd Osbourne

BST14:17 58 min: Bordeaux reply by going close themselves, Saivet nutting the ball into the sidenetting after racing in front of Liverpool defenders to meet a corner at the near post.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2015

This was slapstick stuff and Houghton delivered the perfect punchline by nutting the ball into net from 12 yards.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2012

When the Zuni men had their wives and children established on the nutting grounds they returned to their fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

They went nutting together, tramped through the woods, read together the latest discoveries in the radio field, until the girls became almost as great enthusiasts as the boys.

From The Radio Boys at Mountain Pass The Midnight Call for Assistance by Allen Chapman

But though the sun had shone brightly when they had started on their nutting trip, they had not gone far before the sky began to be overcast with clouds.

From The Bobbsey Twins at Cedar Camp by Laura Lee Hope


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