1
as in loads
a considerable amount
that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change
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2
as in hunks
a small uneven mass
a little chunk of dirt
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Recent Examples of chunks
This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.
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Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The redshirt sophomore has great size for the QB position, a live arm and the mobility to pick up chunks of yardage on the ground (284 rushing yards in 2025).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Frank wanted to sign another senior centre-back in the summer to protect Van de Ven and Romero, who both missed large chunks of last season with muscle issues.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Baker says each piece is so soft, almost like squeezing mini chunks of cotton candy.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2025
The Brookie Topped with Snickers brings together a cookie and brownie taste and also contains chunks of real Snickers bars with peanuts, nougat and milk chocolate, drizzled with caramel.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Graphite pulled the URLs from Common Crawl, a large, publicly available web archive, and ran chunks of their text through a free AI detection tool called Surfer.
—PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Cut hard cheeses in cubes or bite-size chunks, while leave softer cheeses and logs whole.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
The redshirt sophomore has great size for the QB position, a live arm and the mobility to pick up chunks of yardage on the ground (284 rushing yards in 2025).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
Frank wanted to sign another senior centre-back in the summer to protect Van de Ven and Romero, who both missed large chunks of last season with muscle issues.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Baker says each piece is so soft, almost like squeezing mini chunks of cotton candy.
—Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 17 Oct. 2025
The Brookie Topped with Snickers brings together a cookie and brownie taste and also contains chunks of real Snickers bars with peanuts, nougat and milk chocolate, drizzled with caramel.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Graphite pulled the URLs from Common Crawl, a large, publicly available web archive, and ran chunks of their text through a free AI detection tool called Surfer.
—PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2025
Cut hard cheeses in cubes or bite-size chunks, while leave softer cheeses and logs whole.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunks
Noun
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The Silos’ Food Truck Park also offers a range of local vendors with loads of meals and drinks to enjoy all day long.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Oct. 2025
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Choose storage with wheels This trunk with wheels can be moved depending on needs; plus, with all its ample room, it can be filled with loads of extra clothes and necessities for the home, like paper towels and toilet paper rolls, until they are needed inside the house.—
Michelle Mastro,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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Turning waste Into energy The Surrey Biofuel Facility processes approximately 115,000 tons of food waste each year.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Like Ferrari, by 2016, tons of automakers caught on to CarPlay and began integrating it into their products.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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None of these plants needs any attention other than to divide them when their clumps become overly dense.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Keep drains clean and clear Fruit flies can breed in drains if there are clumps of food caught in your pipes.—
Emma Ashe,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Work piles up, but conversations distract for attention.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leaves are perfect additions for worm bins and compost piles.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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Hanging ornaments with care can be one of the highlights of the holiday season, but untangling wads of string lights is far less enjoyable.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Everyone gathered around to help flip the meat, stuffing wads of lettuce wraps into their cheeks and washing it down with soju.—
Irene Yoo
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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As a result, some supplement products may not contain the ingredients listed on the label or in the quantities mentioned.—
Sarah Anzlovar,
Verywell Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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Plutonium has occurred naturally, but except for trace quantities it is not now found in the Earth’s crust.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Cut into potatoes, and scoop the flesh into a food processor; process until no lumps remain, about 1 minute.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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The new collection features 51 products, including club chairs, outdoor sofas, coffee tables, and multi-piece bundles made from a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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As streaming services like Netflix have exploded in popularity, tens of millions of US households have stopped subscribing to traditional cable bundles, meaning many homes can no longer simply turn on CNN.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Chunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunks. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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