as in remainder
an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value
an ashtray full of cigarette stubs ticket stubs
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as in to blow out
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Recent Examples of stub
Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Take it from someone who was 15 years old at the end of the ’90s, with the Family Values ticket stub to prove it: Y2K, the new horror-comedy from Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney, operates pretty well as a window into the culture of the Windows 98 generation.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Justin Swanson, a hemp lawyer and lobbyist who is the chair of Bose McKinney & Evans’ cannabis group, sees the ban in California, the crackdown in North Carolina and other states as nothing other than an attempt to stub out the hemp industry.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Noun
His teeth were ground down to stubs and constantly breaking.
—Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Take it from someone who was 15 years old at the end of the ’90s, with the Family Values ticket stub to prove it: Y2K, the new horror-comedy from Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney, operates pretty well as a window into the culture of the Windows 98 generation.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
Bae needing to win the final hole for the International team to share the cup, stubs a chip.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Justin Swanson, a hemp lawyer and lobbyist who is the chair of Bose McKinney & Evans’ cannabis group, sees the ban in California, the crackdown in North Carolina and other states as nothing other than an attempt to stub out the hemp industry.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stub
Noun
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First-person tales about cancer, freak accidents, chronic disease, and mental breakdowns regularly make their way onto best-seller lists (or into remainder bins).—
Hillary Kelly,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2025
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Charitable Giving - Donate to qualified charities through tools like charitable remainder trusts (CRTs) to lower your estate’s taxable amount while supporting meaningful causes.—
James Brewer,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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UConn men’s basketball blown out by No. 10 St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 89-75 UConn men’s basketball visits No. 10 St. John’s for big-time matchup at MSG: How to watch UConn president: $160M deficit under Lamont’s budget.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2025
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While Oklahoma City had tremendous talent with the clear ability to make the playoffs, last season’s expectations were blown out of the water.—
Nick Crain,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Cheese or Dairy Products Cheese and dairy scraps are other food items not to be used in compost.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
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Food scraps scattered along the roadside attract rodents, which in turn draw owls to hunt them.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The remnants of its blue shipping crate, sealed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York weeks earlier, were scattered on a nearby ledge, nails poking through plywood.—
Mike Ives,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Although the polarization blocks a significant honeymoon period, this is likely the remnants of that.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Stub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stub. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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