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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
Virtually every cell on every branch of the tree of life expends a hefty chunk of its energy budget — in some cells, more than half — on maintaining a voltage across its membrane.
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Sitting inside the middle of this soft cheesecake is a raspberry cream laced with chunks of fresh raspberries.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Or it’s finished with chunks of Castelvetrano olives and Calabrian chiles.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026
Sitting inside the middle of this soft cheesecake is a raspberry cream laced with chunks of fresh raspberries.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Or it’s finished with chunks of Castelvetrano olives and Calabrian chiles.
—Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 12 Jan. 2026
That chunk of my brain has already been activated and is whirring away.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
Noun
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Products with special features, thoughtful add-ons, and tons of details are hot again in 2026.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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Whenever a new award show hits, tons of discourse about the makeup and outfits that celebs wear fill my social media feed.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In Supporting Actor, the two nominees from One Battle After Another apparently split the vote at the CCAs, clearing a path for Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi, a challenge to the conventional wisdom that 28-year-old hunks don’t win trophies.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Put a few hunks of cornbread on your greens and top them with the juices for a life-changing experience.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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As more loads were seized through the summer and fall of 2024, Wedding began to rely increasingly on one of Toronto’s most colorful criminal defense attorneys, Deepak Paradkar, for information, according to the indictment.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
10 Jan. 2026
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In some of the tunnels that cut through the mountains, there were only a couple of inches to spare on either side of the loads.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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These ads showed images of tractors, mountains of blueberries and a man’s hands massaging a clump of dirt, each segment highlighting a different part of the industry.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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Divide the clumps every two years and replant some of the bulbs.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 Jan. 2026
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Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
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Finding a small liver wad incredibly difficult.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Glendale police officers arrested two women accused of using counterfeit money at a dozen In-N-Out locations throughout Southern California.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Andrej Stojakovic had 12 points and eight rebounds, Jake Davis scored a dozen points and David Mirkovich grabbed eight rebounds for the Illini (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten), who won their fourth in a row.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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Lined up next to rookie left tackle Josh Simmons and veteran center Creed Humphrey, Suamataia took some lumps in the first two preseason games before settling in for a clean sheet in the third look against the Bears.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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During the day, the birds lie motionless on the ground, blending into piles of leaves and tree stumps to hide from predators.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Each pepper is topped with a heaping pile of fontina cheese.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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