nutshell
Americannoun
idioms
noun
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the shell around the kernel of a nut
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in essence; briefly
Etymology
Origin of nutshell
Example Sentences
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“In a nutshell, Claude is a major player in the AI Revolution and US Tech sector and this ‘supply chain designation risk’ needs to be resolved quickly for the tech sector and ongoing enterprise deployments/pilots.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Dimon, in a nutshell, told him to stop lying on TV, according to people familiar with the conversation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
In a nutshell, buy the big software ETF before earnings.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
In a nutshell it would see the demolition and rebuilding of the city's existing Arts centre, the refurbishment of the adjacent Town Hall and the linking of the two.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
In a nutshell, the problem with labelling anything ‘Romantic’ is that it has subsequently come to mean virtually anything, from the poetry of Lord Byron to the songs of Taylor Swift.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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