chunks

plural of chunk
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as in loads
a considerable amount that new sports car must have cost a real chunk of change

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Recent Examples of chunks Broken chunks of concrete cover the building's entranceway while the staircase is littered in rubble and broken glass. Jane Arraf, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 Reus missed big chunks of the campaign with knee and hamstring injuries. Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 July 2026 As with The Odyssey, Imax and premium-format screens will make up significant chunks of both films’ theatrical totals. Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 30 July 2026 Portions of its skeleton featured pulverizing bite marks and missing chunks that all bore the hallmark signs of another predatory attack. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 July 2026 Entire chunks of the continent were choked by smoke, causing unhealthy air quality. Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 29 July 2026 The National Weather Service issued flood watches for large chunks of New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont that were set to remain in effect until Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026 Video shared through ViralHog captured the dramatic calving event as enormous chunks of ice plunged into the fjord, sending up a towering spray before a powerful wave begins racing toward the boat. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 This should include scraping (not rinsing) large chunks of food off the dishes to avoid clogging the dishwasher’s filters, and pre-treating any heavily greasy or grimy dishes. The Spruce, 29 July 2026
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Noun
  • The weight is adjustable, allowing experienced CrossFit athletes and fitness newcomers to ruck together while carrying different loads.
    Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Today, there are loads of fancier, stronger knots that have become common in fishing.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • Mix until it’s mostly blended and clumps up a bit, or for about 1 minute.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026
  • Protostars are born when patches in vast molecular clouds cool and form clumps, collapsing under their gravity.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Local favorites include 5 Tacos & Beers, which has fresh, housemade corn tortillas, tons of brews on tap, and a charming patio area for outdoor dining.
    Barbara Noe Kennedy, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026
  • The company said the vehicles will operate at gross weights between 32 and 42 tons and have daily ranges between 250 and 300 miles, which depend on route profile, load weight and operating conditions.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 28 July 2026
Noun
  • Photos apparently taken by the men themselves show wads of cash on the seat of a car, in a plastic bag and in stacks on the floor of a location in New York.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • The smell of rotten eggs permeates communities where large piles of decaying sargassum emit ammonia and hydrogen sulfide.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • Content piles up faster than it can be classified or reused, and AI only accelerates that.
    Benjamin Faes, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Noun
  • Bathroom sink drains can become clogged from hair, globs of toothpaste, and soapy residue.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 30 May 2026
  • Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.
    Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Around the dozens of containers that make Toolik the US’s largest research station in the Arctic, musk ox and caribou graze on dwarf birches and fragrant labrador tea, while Arctic ground squirrels pop out of their burrows to survey the tundra.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The 180-acre (73-hectare) retreat, which is run by the Navy and guarded by Marines, has a cabin named Aspen that’s reserved for the president, plus about a dozen other cabins for guests.
    ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • Battered metal is as crucial to his kit as conventional drum sounds, and even his tonal elements feel as malleable as wrung-out sponges or wet lumps of clay.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • This uses information from other Mercedes vehicles driving ahead, sent through the Cloud, to adjust the suspension to better absorb lumps and bumps.
    Howard Walker, Robb Report, 29 July 2026

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“Chunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunks. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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