nutshell
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In a nutshell, he has said he will continue to race, but he does not know whether that will be in F1.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
The summit "in a nutshell, will be an opportunity to emphasise that Europe's security is a 360-degree challenge", said a senior EU official.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
So in a nutshell it’s a very affordable rent.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 29, 2026
“In a nutshell, we think risks in private credit are significant,” the analysts wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
And so Sticky only nodded and gave the next entry in a nutshell.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Aymium CEO James Mennell said the company’s process works with all species of wood as well as agricultural residues, grasses, nutshells, cherry pits or any other lignocellulosic biomass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"We've got loads of nutshells, oyster shells, bits of pipe, broken wine bottles and chicken bones."
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Indigenous communities in the Southwest discovered and ate piñon nuts from the Pinus edulis tree many years before Europeans arrived, as evidenced by cracked nutshells found at archaeological sites.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
And whereas most nutshells include several kinds of cells, walnuts and pistachios only have one kind.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 10, 2021
Henri had been painting with glue, iron rust, and colored chicken feathers but he changed and his next four paintings were done entirely with different kinds of nutshells.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
