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as in mouthful
a small piece or quantity of food
nuggets of beef in the chow mein fried chicken nuggets
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as in speck
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 nugget
Other menu items include chicken nuggets, strips, breakfast burritos and bowls, salads (Cobb, spicy Southwest), sides (waffle fries, mac ‘n’ cheese, chicken noodle soup), kids’ meals, various milkshakes, and ice cream.
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George A. Paul, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Fried chicken or chicken nuggets Many people think chicken is a healthier choice than beef.
—Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The 63-page report contains many interesting nuggets, but two points are particularly surprising.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Page Six of the New York Post predictably leaps on every Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift nugget, obsesses on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and likes reminding readers whenever Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles are holding hands in a Brooklyn bar.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
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George A. Paul, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Fried chicken or chicken nuggets Many people think chicken is a healthier choice than beef.
—Michiko Tomioka, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The 63-page report contains many interesting nuggets, but two points are particularly surprising.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Page Six of the New York Post predictably leaps on every Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift nugget, obsesses on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and likes reminding readers whenever Zoë Kravitz and Harry Styles are holding hands in a Brooklyn bar.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nugget
Noun
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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.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Their Cap & Cane Spirits Overproof Rum clocks in at 63% ABV and is created from a mix of Guatemalan molasses, turbinado sugar, and evaporated cane juice that delivers a mouthful of flavor.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But a chunk of the typical campus demographic was missing.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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On our table are a plate of thin-sliced speck, ham, and cheese, a dish with curls of homemade butter that look like tiny beehives, two pots of homemade strawberry and apricot jam, and a jar of golden honey from the farm bees.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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Not until 52 hours later will the last speck of the sun's upper limb finally drop completely out of sight.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The rodents rarely carry rabies, though squirrel bites have been linked to the transmission of certain diseases to humans.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Mosquito bites can cause a range of reactions, from mild redness and itching to blisters and bruise-like dark spots, depending on the person’s sensitivity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
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In execution, though, those sound principles produced a self-effacing Cartesian colossus — a massive hunk of boring.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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Alongside a generous portion of green beans and a protein of your choosing (chicken, pork, shrimp, beef, tofu or none), the crown jewel of the stew is the hearty hunks of Japanese kabocha squash, aka the Japanese pumpkin.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That play out in center field the other day kind of flared it up a little bit.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Our offense started to come alive a little bit.—
Frank Rajkowski,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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That’s why the menus change regularly, the ingredients stay fresh, and every taste is thoughtful and rooted in place.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
27 Sep. 2025
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Editors sampled the bread quarters side by side, scoring them on taste, texture, and overall experience using a scale from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Discard the woody central clump of the plant when dividing.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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The aberrant gene makes a form of the huntingtin protein that clumps into toxic aggregates, which prevent nerves from functioning normally.—
Alice Park,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nugget. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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