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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On Wednesday, amid a long song of praises toward the now-11-4 Jacksonville Jaguars, Broncos head coach Sean Payton dropped a small nugget that the Jaguars spun into fuel on their trip to Denver.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Berzin shared this nugget of wisdom during a panel at Flow Space Women’s Health Summit in Los Angeles this October.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025
Here are some nuggets of truth from these moms.
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Those convenient, kid-friendly frozen chicken nuggets are easy to identify as ultraprocessed.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Berzin shared this nugget of wisdom during a panel at Flow Space Women’s Health Summit in Los Angeles this October.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 Dec. 2025
Here are some nuggets of truth from these moms.
—wendy Wisner, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
Those convenient, kid-friendly frozen chicken nuggets are easy to identify as ultraprocessed.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 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 25 Dec. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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