nutshell
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In a nutshell, since 2012, the yen fell 51% and inflation is only 20% higher.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
That, in a nutshell, explains the chasm between an ebullient stock market and anxious public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
And, while you’re there, you’ll see the story of our golden age in a nutshell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Researchers said that when parents talk to their children less, engage less—in a nutshell, put their attention to the television not the children—it can eventually retard language development.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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
Duke points to a trail of broken nutshells leading to the barn doors.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein