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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
The biggest chunk of what survived all the way to the ground wound up in the bottom of a lake.
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Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
This week, your longest effort includes two significant chunks of nonstop running: 5 and 15 minutes apiece.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
And while their effort persists, White’s opponents are hoping another significant chunk of signatures will count in their favor soon too, putting a recall election within reach.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
These showed that a chunk was missing from the bottom of Earth’s crust beneath the volcanoes: For some reason, the bottom of the crust became heavy and dripped downward from the top part, leaving a gap.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
This week, your longest effort includes two significant chunks of nonstop running: 5 and 15 minutes apiece.
—Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
And while their effort persists, White’s opponents are hoping another significant chunk of signatures will count in their favor soon too, putting a recall election within reach.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2025
These showed that a chunk was missing from the bottom of Earth’s crust beneath the volcanoes: For some reason, the bottom of the crust became heavy and dripped downward from the top part, leaving a gap.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
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Since there is a ton of debate about which of The Pitt’s supporting players will get primacy in the Emmys race, this early step forward for LaNasa is worth remembering.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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There's not a ton of homework needed for this – most of the action is self-contained and most of the characters, B- and C-level MCU players, are explained on the fly.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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New cast members include Oscar nominee Allison Janney, Italian hunk Michele Morrone, and Glee star Alex Newell.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 May 2025
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As a result, and unlike most hunks of space junk that re-enter, this half-ton oven-sized beast is likely to impact the surface of Earth.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dense clumps within these clouds can collapse to form young stars.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2025
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The team performed simulations of the Perseus cluster, which revealed that this clump collided with the cluster around 5 billion years ago.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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With hordes of German and Japanese investors figuratively waving wads of marks and yen at anyone offering dollars, the value of the U.S. dollar set new records.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 Apr. 2025
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Obviously the Dodgers have set the standard in the last couple of offseasons, shelling out wads of deferred money to Shohei Ohtani and a wave of starting pitchers.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Photo of the day: The Eagles have landed The Philadelphia Eagles celebrated their recent Super Bowl championship with President Trump at the White House on Monday, though at least two dozen players – including Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts – did not attend.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The Caribbean region had a strong showing this year, with nearly a dozen beaches across the area making the list.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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In busting the thing up to rebuild it, Holmes and Ellis have drained away much of the smart, replacing it with hard nudges to the ribs, tedious hat tips to contemporary sensibilities, and unnecessary lumps of earnest character biography.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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As Chauncey Billups took his lumps throughout his first three seasons as coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, those behind the scenes saw more than a massive number of losses.—
Jason Quick,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Warren Buffett's life in pictures 1 of 43 Buffett discusses Berkshire’s cash pile Buffett addressed Berkshire sitting on hoards of cash.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
3 May 2025
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There was a two-and-a-half-hour wait in the sports hall for a nervous Campbell to be declared winner but observers of the count, held on a series of long tables by council staff and volunteers, had seen one pile of forms growing higher than the others.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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