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as in ton
a considerable amount
that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
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Recent Examples of chunk
Mitchell got extensive playing time because Cleveland’s top cornerback, Denzel Ward, dealt with cramping issues and was out for significant chunks of action in both halves.
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
And, earlier this summer, a man pleaded not guilty after allegedly throwing concrete chunks at officers during a raid in Paramount.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
VMware will lose a significant chunk of business over the next three years, according to Gartner research VP Julia Palmer.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
And that means, for three years, West Ada has received a far bigger chunk of the money than every other district in the state.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
And, earlier this summer, a man pleaded not guilty after allegedly throwing concrete chunks at officers during a raid in Paramount.
—Sydney Barragan, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
VMware will lose a significant chunk of business over the next three years, according to Gartner research VP Julia Palmer.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
And that means, for three years, West Ada has received a far bigger chunk of the money than every other district in the state.
—Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
Noun
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There’s been a ton of turnover on the pitching staffs of both teams, but the Dodgers brought in arms that were more toxic and less hittable.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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These boulders, ranging in size from several meters to hundreds of meters and weighing up to a few tons, occasionally tumble down cliffs and crater walls, leaving bright tracks of disturbed lunar dust behind.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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When this world was catastrophically interrupted by a hunk of space trash some 30 million years later, in the cinematic end-Cretaceous mass extinction, the mammals would inherit not only the Earth but the climate of the dinosaurs as well.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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It’s finished in a beautiful coat of light green and has loads of chrome trim and a black roof.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
12 Sep. 2025
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There’s a lot of tradesmen, but songwriters… There’s not loads of them.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Add butter and pulse until the mix clumps together to form pea-size balls.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
12 Sep. 2025
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If the plaque weakens and breaks apart, large clumps are released into the blood stream, and a large clump can block an artery, completely shutting off blood flow and causing a heart attack.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
11 Sep. 2025
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The boy had a wad of cash in his hand, which De Jager accepted without counting, still stunned.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The New York Times reports that more associates of Mayor Eric Adams are likely to face corruption charges — and that was before an explosive report in The CITY that an Adams campaign advisor tried to give a reporter a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Last time, Republicans were defending more than two dozen districts won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Three dozen lucky Klarna staffers just joined the ultrarich club thanks to its recent stock windfall.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Shearer and Teplin had just announced that Witherspoon’s company Hello Sunshine bought their business when Shearer discovered a lump in her right breast.—
Eileen Finan,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Add a black cat silhouette next to a pile of pumpkins, bats around a seasonal wreath, or a Halloween sign above yellow mums by the front door.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
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Most wind up sitting in a car’s glovebox beneath piles of registration forms, repair receipts, and take-out ketchup packets.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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