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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
Fictional dialogue has to strip all that away and compress meaning into digestible chunks that readers actually want to consume.
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Aim for at least an hour of daily activity, even if it’s broken up into shorter chunks throughout the day, Drake recommended.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 9 Feb. 2026
That’s a big chunk of how New England rebuilt its defense and Seattle sprinkled stars on top its roster.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
First, Spoelstra pointed to the fact that starting guards Norman Powell and Pelle Larsson both were missing for at least a chunk of the third quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
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Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026
Aim for at least an hour of daily activity, even if it’s broken up into shorter chunks throughout the day, Drake recommended.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 9 Feb. 2026
That’s a big chunk of how New England rebuilt its defense and Seattle sprinkled stars on top its roster.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
First, Spoelstra pointed to the fact that starting guards Norman Powell and Pelle Larsson both were missing for at least a chunk of the third quarter.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunk
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For Valentine’s Day 2026, Avianca transported more than 19,000 tons of flowers from Colombia and Ecuador, a 6% uptick from last year.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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The billion-ton rock canopy provides passive containment and shielding that protects the reactor from natural disasters or surface-level threats while the billion-ton rock canopy acts as an extra layer of safety.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Instead, the utility will be allowed to spread the expense recovery over an entire hunk of the Midwest.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Serve the pasta with a crisp green salad and hunks of rustic bread.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
5 Feb. 2026
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When using the dishwasher or washing machine, run full loads to maximize usage of the water.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2026
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The 2026 Super Bowl had loads of celebrities cheering on their favorite team from the VIP boxes—Jay-Z, Kendall Jenner, Saweetie, Rosé, and Travis Scott among them.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
9 Feb. 2026
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Women generally receive fewer advanced therapies for PE, like thrombectomy (a procedure to pluck out a clot), and end up with more bleeding complications and a higher rate of lingering issues, like clumps of scar tissue in arteries that can increase blood pressure.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
10 Feb. 2026
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For years, astronomers have debated whether planets this massive could form through core accretion, the slow, bottom-up process in which solid material clumps together into a dense core that then pulls in vast amounts of gas.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Esty Shapiro, a 19-year-old woman from a Hasidic Jewish sect in Brooklyn, pockets a secret wad of cash, picks up a passport, and hops on a plane to Berlin, all set to the tense soundtrack of a thriller.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 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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The incident occurred just hours before dozens of flyers depicting former Prince Andrew were briefly scattered around the village of Dedham ahead of the royal visit, The Times reported.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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In Spain's southern Andalusia region, close to 4,000 people evacuated their homes as a result of the ongoing storm, and dozens of roads remained closed because of flooding and landslides.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 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 Feb. 2026
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Caglianone took his lumps — most noticeably charted by his chase rate outside the strike zone — in short order.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
7 Feb. 2026
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Standing at the head of a moving shuttle bus like a safari guide, the circuit’s chairman points to piles of dirt.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Amazon, the glorious inconvenience of browsing shelves or combing through piles has been eliminated.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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