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
Large chunks of their tissue is ripped out entirely.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Housing, healthcare and childcare are especially large chunks of household budgets that families have little control over, said Hannah Stephens, a senior research assistant at the center.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 28 May 2026
Why would these small tissue chunks maintain the ability to heal and survive without any reproductive purpose?
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The area to the south — where trees and chunks of soil were giving way — was River Forest Park.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
González pledged to help northern towns including Loiza, where people have been evacuated and chunks of asphalt from coastal roads have tumbled into the ocean following heavy swells.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
When surfing at high speed, the decisions to access or finish longer text chunks and to ponder what is included and excluded through various linking strategies can be avoided.
—Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
This sweet and savory salsa studded with chunks of fresh pineapple and English cucumber is a refreshing addition to any summer gathering.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 23 May 2026
Maybe a whole roast chicken appeared, or its meat was folded into a gooey casserole with a few peas and carrot chunks.
—Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Housing, healthcare and childcare are especially large chunks of household budgets that families have little control over, said Hannah Stephens, a senior research assistant at the center.
—Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 28 May 2026
Why would these small tissue chunks maintain the ability to heal and survive without any reproductive purpose?
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The area to the south — where trees and chunks of soil were giving way — was River Forest Park.
—Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
González pledged to help northern towns including Loiza, where people have been evacuated and chunks of asphalt from coastal roads have tumbled into the ocean following heavy swells.
—ABC News, 27 May 2026
When surfing at high speed, the decisions to access or finish longer text chunks and to ponder what is included and excluded through various linking strategies can be avoided.
—Carmen Daniela Maier, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
This sweet and savory salsa studded with chunks of fresh pineapple and English cucumber is a refreshing addition to any summer gathering.
—Joie Probst, Midwest Living, 23 May 2026
Maybe a whole roast chicken appeared, or its meat was folded into a gooey casserole with a few peas and carrot chunks.
—Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunks
Noun
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This especially applies to our special education teachers, many of whom carry increasingly unsustainable case loads.—
Mercury News Editorial Board,
Mercury News,
27 May 2026
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For example, the commercial loads in the CBS Sunday afternoon NFL games are identical to the loads that pop up during the games streaming on Paramount+.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The Explorer class will employ a Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design, and will measure approximately 359 feet (109 meters) in length and displace about 9,100 tons.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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The agency said in a statement on X that the meteor released energy equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT explosives, causing a loud noise in the area.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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Plant the clumps along a sunny or partly sunny border.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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This time of year pollen can frequently be seen blowing through the air and forming clumps on the ground, as trees shed pollen as part of the reproductive process.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Rodent holes, brush piles, firewood, timbers, dense undergrowth, and leaf piles can also attract wasps in search of a place to nest.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Knisley has worked with communities where coal ash was used to fill children’s ball fields and seen Tennessee Valley Authority waste piles of the toxic ash piled up behind a public playground, open to the wind.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Cubans have long been accustomed to shopping with wads of cash stuffed into bags after compounding bouts of soaring inflation.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The close proximity of the plant to homes and schools led to widespread outrage and now dozens of lawsuits after residents were displaced for days.—
Jason Henry,
Oc Register,
30 May 2026
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Late summer and early fall have a couple dozen dates on the books but nothing in Boston yet.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Noun
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The chemicals made their way into Lake Apopka, turning the crystal clear waters into a pea-green soup filled with globs of gooey algae.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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The company’s new Distillery Reserve Mars Single Malt Japanese Blend, arriving May 29 in extremely limited quantities, was created in collaboration with Mars Whisky and uses a process Bardstown says has never been done before at this scale.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Construction of such centers has boomed across the country, but the facilities use large quantities of power and water, which is needed for cooling.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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“Chunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunks. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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