chockablock

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Recent Examples of chockablock The walls are chockablock with paintings of former presidents in heavily ornate gold frames. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2025 The battles are chockablock with clashing swords and explosions; more whimsical stuff, such as a house made of sheep wool and another constructed entirely of mushrooms, is relegated to background-joke status. David Sims, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2025 This was the chockablock 400-level section of the collection: the section for the Nigo-ologists and their Pharrell-ospher classmates. Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 The idiosyncratic duplex penthouse is chockablock with treasures by a pantheon of 20th-century design titans on the order of Mario Bellini, Osvaldo Borsani, Angelo Mangiarotti, Gae Aulenti, Gio Ponti, Afra and Tobia Scarpa, Joe Colombo, Tito Agnoli, and others. Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025 That is chockablock with antioxidants, thanks to grape seeds culled from Huynh’s family’s vineyard near Bordeaux, called Château Toulouse-Lautrec. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024 The archives are chockablock with certain-sounding predictions — frequently with an ideological subtext — that proved simply wrong. Neil Irwin, Axios, 24 July 2024 The dueling titans are building foundations in Hollywood that could be transformative not only for their many brands—which are chockablock with unplumbed archives—but also for the entertainment business, which knows how to tell a compelling tale. Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chockablock
Adjective
  • Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Between flights, unpredictable weather, and a packed itinerary, vacations can come with a lot of variables.
    Rachel Trujillo, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The outcome always felt in the balance, and Townsend was playing with unmatched attention on her, in a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium, on Labor Day weekend.
    The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • On crowded factory floors, machines must share space with each other and with obstacles while working at high speed.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The evening included readings of erotic poetry by James Massiah and Adult Entertainment, sensual cocktails canapés by Heal Goblin, as well as beers and cans of water for those who couldn’t get into the crowded venue that poured out onto the street.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Omar’s growing outrage, especially when precious time is lost because of jammed phone lines, troubling silences and false assumptions, rankles Mahdi, the most overstretched of anyone at the call center.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While some vacuums notify you when there’s a clog, manually check after each deep clean by removing the brush roll to make sure nothing is jammed behind it.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Atrium Health Primary Care Gold Hill offers quick access to a care team and other benefits for a lower fee than the full concierge model, according to the company.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Hardcore fans of the nine-season NBC comedy classic may even remember that was the actual full name of the show’s in-universe documentary that aired in Season 9.
    Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While both teams chase Kansas City in the loaded AFC, Buffalo’s win could prove pivotal come January.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The Gators entered the game ranked 13th in the nation and appeared primed to make a run in the loaded SEC, but things have obviously taken a tumultuous turn for Billy Napier's group.
    Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Chockablock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chockablock. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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