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as in ton
a considerable amount
that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
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Recent Examples of chunk
Ironheart was released in two chunks a week apart, while all the Echo episodes came out on the same day.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Large chunks of the home’s outer walls were demolished, exposing the rooms inside.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Even reaching across from the hinge side is no problem (Google's foldable still has extra chunk around the hinge).
—ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
Alexander Mattison had a 15-yard rush, at least his 10th chunk yardage run of camp...
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Large chunks of the home’s outer walls were demolished, exposing the rooms inside.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2025
Even reaching across from the hinge side is no problem (Google's foldable still has extra chunk around the hinge).
—ArsTechnica, 31 July 2025
Alexander Mattison had a 15-yard rush, at least his 10th chunk yardage run of camp...
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
Noun
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In total, the Evija tips the scales at 4,167 pounds with fluids: nearly half a ton lighter than a Rimac Nevera or the closely related Pininfarina Battista.—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
6 Aug. 2025
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Raleigh will be discussed below, but Kirk never strikes out, hits a ton of line drives and uses the entire field.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By all objective measures, Elvis Presley was a hunk, a hunk of burning love.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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Calculating the financial rewards of winning Rob Manfred’s hunk of metal is part of a front office’s job, if a team’s serious about going the distance (and many aren’t).—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Showy spikes of two-toned blooms stand above succulent foliage that grows in dense clumps.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 July 2025
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When milk is fermented into yogurt, the casein protein clumps up, forming the thick yogurt.—
Lauren Manaker MS,
Health,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Go grab your passport, a wad of bail money, and enough thirst for wine that growls at history and food that tastes like the ocean punched you in the mouth.—
John Noakes,
Hartford Courant,
12 Aug. 2025
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To the detriment of the proceedings late in the second act, there is a wad of exposition gristle that brings things full stop in the form of a labored revelation of why Diamond is such a grump and perhaps maybe won’t be one in the future.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In defense of the July 25 order to close the camp, Merkley had said that Streets to Home Indy wasn't prepared to take on a site as large as Leonard Street, where more than two dozen tents sat as of late July.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
15 Aug. 2025
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Last week, Toronto Tempo general manager Monica Wright Rogers hosted about two dozen WNBA agents for a meet-and-greet at a local hotel.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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One day while exercising, a healthy 59-year-old semi-retiree felt a lump in his abdomen.—
Steve Vernon,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In 2021, the singer underwent emergency surgery in Miami after finding lumps in her breasts.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Our government piles regulations on businesses and turns a blind eye as shoplifting ruins retail outlets.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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Vrabel eventually tried to defuse the situation by taking matters into his own hands and jumping into the pile.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Each glob of goo will connect to any glob it is placed next to, which allows for all kinds of creations – especially as variables are introduced that toy with the game’s physics.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Quanta Magazine,
25 June 2025
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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