the stuff

Example Sentences

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In the industrious south, automation is reshaping factories and supply chains, and megacities like Chongqing have become the stuff of influencers' feeds.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“It just, he had a full dislocation. So they just put the stuff back together. You know, he’ll be day-to-day.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Spinning coal into the stuff of modern life is inherently less efficient than the conventional petrochemicals industry, and far more carbon-intensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

He didn’t trust his mind anymore, didn’t know if what he was seeing before him was real or the stuff of nightmares.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray