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or chockful
as in full
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
returned from the buffet with a plate chock-full of food
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Recent Examples of chock-full
Throw in a tight scoreline, some inconsistent officiating at times and a chock-full away fan section that stood up singing the entire night, and things were bound to get chippy.
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
And right now Amazon is chock-full of cooling pillows that are designed to keep your body’s temperature regulated all night long, even amidst warm, balmy weather.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Tim Plowman and Jim Duke would famously reveal coca to be both benign and chock-full of vital nutrients, but their nutritional study came a generation too late to inform the bureaucratic and political process that led to the criminalization of the plant.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
My social media feeds are chock-full of jokes about this.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
And right now Amazon is chock-full of cooling pillows that are designed to keep your body’s temperature regulated all night long, even amidst warm, balmy weather.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Tim Plowman and Jim Duke would famously reveal coca to be both benign and chock-full of vital nutrients, but their nutritional study came a generation too late to inform the bureaucratic and political process that led to the criminalization of the plant.
—Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
My social media feeds are chock-full of jokes about this.
—Cate Martel, The Hill, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chock-full
Adjective
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Employees who don’t take full advantage of it are missing out on an average of $1,336 each year, which could add up to $42,855 over 20 years assuming an average annual return of 4.5%, according to Vanguard and a 2015 Financial Engines research report.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The full number of health and human services agency full-time positions would be 8,075.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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With packed rows of congregants, an evangelical bent and technology that wouldn’t feel out of place at a stadium concert, the Gemstones’ megachurch isn’t far off from the real thing.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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Nothing in the opening minutes after halftime could quell the momentum that seemed to get worse by the possession in front of a packed house at Intuit Dome.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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The heartless street reveals itself as a brimful dungeon to those who look.—
Jay Pilgreen,
Kansas City Star,
12 Feb. 2024
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It’s Chambers at her most Chambersian: touchy-feely, interior, and brimful of tea.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
16 Sep. 2021
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With this loaded division, the Blue Jays could fall out of contention quite easily this season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Apr. 2025
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Police also found a small weight scale with drug residue, small baggies used to package drugs and a loaded semi-automatic pistol, according to the plea agreement.—
Andrea Klick,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Chock-full.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chock-full. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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