1
: a solid lump
especially
: a native lump of precious metal
2
: tidbit sense 2
nuggets of wisdom
3
: a small usually rounded piece of food
chicken nuggets
Examples of nugget in a Sentence
nuggets of beef in the chow mein
a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case
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Gold nuggets gone In September 2025, just a month before the most recent Louvre heist, thieves broke into Paris' Natural History Museum.
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
While Taco Bell's items are traditionally made with ground beef, the chain has been pushing into the chicken market, first with nuggets earlier this year.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Director Anthony Methvin’s snappy, hilarious and music-filled staging mines every possible nugget of humor from Durang’s absurdist script, while also authentically portraying the deeper, sadder and more human moments in the lives of its characters.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The all-new Bourbon Caramel Iced Coffee mixes a rich, bourbon-caramel flavor (non-alcoholic) with smooth cold brew iced coffee over SONIC’s signature nugget ice.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
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Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
While Taco Bell's items are traditionally made with ground beef, the chain has been pushing into the chicken market, first with nuggets earlier this year.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Director Anthony Methvin’s snappy, hilarious and music-filled staging mines every possible nugget of humor from Durang’s absurdist script, while also authentically portraying the deeper, sadder and more human moments in the lives of its characters.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
The all-new Bourbon Caramel Iced Coffee mixes a rich, bourbon-caramel flavor (non-alcoholic) with smooth cold brew iced coffee over SONIC’s signature nugget ice.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nugget
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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