nuts and bolts
Example Sentences
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Warsh said little that was specific about how he will approach the nuts and bolts of Fed policy in brief remarks following the swearing in.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“If you don’t know the ins and outs and nuts and bolts inside City Hall, how are you going to be mayor?” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Consider the personal-finance nuts and bolts involved in that kind of situation.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
All part of the nuts and bolts at a leading Premier League club in 2025.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2025
She was going through all the nuts and bolts of how you did it, what went in where, the different variations, like this was still Geography.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
