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as in bites
a small piece or quantity of food
nuggets of beef in the chow mein fried chicken nuggets
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as in specks
a very small piece
a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case
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Recent Examples of nuggets
More reading Here’s our look at 10 news, notes, quotes and nuggets on Portis.
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Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Key to those dark thought experiments were the nuggets of insight that accompanied them.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
No date marking was labeled on a container of cooked chicken nuggets or on raw chicken and raw beef inside the walk-in cooler.
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Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
The nuggets launched nationwide starting June 2 after years of fan demand, per the chain.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The lengthy article contains a few other small nuggets, many of which date to Iger’s first run as CEO, the go-go span from 2006 to 2020 that cemented his reputation as an all-time entertainment boss.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
In other words, interesting nuggets of information would become accessible to journalists, fans and other interested persons, including NCAA and Big 12 officials.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
Lunch and dinner staples include its customizable Whataburgers, Whatachick’n sandwiches, strips and nuggets, plus salads, shakes and desserts.
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Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
There was a lot of little nuggets like that.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2026
Key to those dark thought experiments were the nuggets of insight that accompanied them.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 June 2026
No date marking was labeled on a container of cooked chicken nuggets or on raw chicken and raw beef inside the walk-in cooler.
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Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
29 June 2026
The nuggets launched nationwide starting June 2 after years of fan demand, per the chain.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
The lengthy article contains a few other small nuggets, many of which date to Iger’s first run as CEO, the go-go span from 2006 to 2020 that cemented his reputation as an all-time entertainment boss.
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Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
23 June 2026
In other words, interesting nuggets of information would become accessible to journalists, fans and other interested persons, including NCAA and Big 12 officials.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
17 June 2026
Lunch and dinner staples include its customizable Whataburgers, Whatachick’n sandwiches, strips and nuggets, plus salads, shakes and desserts.
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Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
There was a lot of little nuggets like that.
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Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuggets
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The room grew louder as cocktails were refreshed and guests swapped favorite bites.
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But while sharks are commonly found in the waters off the United States, shark bites are rare, experts say.
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On their way in, crews had to clear debris from multiple floors; aside from chunks of concrete, masonry and flooring, obstacles included a bathroom sink and toilet that had tumbled down from above.
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Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.
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One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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Kansas City isn't much of a pedestrian city, but now, blue and green specks of fans dot the sidewalks, like wildflowers poking through a crack in the pavement.
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The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
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Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
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The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
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Screwdriver bits attach to the tool with a magnet, and the Vulyx itself can magnetically stick to any metallic surface.
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The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
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The second film was a bit too bloated for my tastes and one that didn’t add much to what came before.
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Karlsson, however, knows the tastes of the dressing room.
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Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity.
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Otherwise, the excess moisture will cause the blueberries to freeze into clumps.
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