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
Double the fruit intake by adding a few chunks of fresh or frozen watermelon.
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Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2026
Combine sweet, juicy watermelon chunks with fresh tomato, onion, and a red wine vinaigrette for a salad that is the essence of summer.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
These are the weirdest chunks of matter in the cosmos—a teaspoon of their material weighs as much as Mount Everest—making neutron stars the sites of some of the most extreme physics out there.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Downstairs in his Baltimore row house, cloudy brown water with chunks of human waste was coming up from the shower drain.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The most popular flavors include 1020 (caramel ice cream with chocolate swirl and bits of cookies) and Heaven (vanilla ice cream with chocolate and peanut butter swirls and chunks of brownies).
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Slice the tofu into steaks, cut it into cubes or use your hands to tear it into bite-sized chunks for a craggly texture that soaks up sauce.
—Kate Williams, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The flavors in the beef carpaccio antipasti with Pioppini mushrooms, green apple chunks, and celeriac were beautifully balanced.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
The city is doing the project in small chunks in hopes of minimizing impacts on businesses and has plans to partner with Noblesville Main Street and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce to encourage residents to still visit the business during construction.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2026
Combine sweet, juicy watermelon chunks with fresh tomato, onion, and a red wine vinaigrette for a salad that is the essence of summer.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
These are the weirdest chunks of matter in the cosmos—a teaspoon of their material weighs as much as Mount Everest—making neutron stars the sites of some of the most extreme physics out there.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
Downstairs in his Baltimore row house, cloudy brown water with chunks of human waste was coming up from the shower drain.
—ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
The most popular flavors include 1020 (caramel ice cream with chocolate swirl and bits of cookies) and Heaven (vanilla ice cream with chocolate and peanut butter swirls and chunks of brownies).
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
Slice the tofu into steaks, cut it into cubes or use your hands to tear it into bite-sized chunks for a craggly texture that soaks up sauce.
—Kate Williams, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The flavors in the beef carpaccio antipasti with Pioppini mushrooms, green apple chunks, and celeriac were beautifully balanced.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2026
The city is doing the project in small chunks in hopes of minimizing impacts on businesses and has plans to partner with Noblesville Main Street and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce to encourage residents to still visit the business during construction.
—Jake Allen, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chunks
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This approach allows for ramping up or down instantly to maintain high efficiency across varying loads and perfectly match the natural, fluctuating power profile of the sun and wind.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Type 00 gave Jaguar loads of new identity—being large, distinctive-looking, and very pink—but that identity wasn’t a universal hit with the purists, which is probably why Jaguar persisted anyway.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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The complex process, requiring two Starships equipped with docking adapters to meet up in orbit to transfer hundreds of tons of super-cooled propellant, is necessary for Starship to reach distant destinations like Mars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Each ship displaces about 10,000 tons, which is roughly 22 million pounds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Mar. 2026
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Divide the clumps every three years or so to spread around your garden.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2026
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During a medical leave of absence from school, Reid’s hair fell out in fist-sized clumps.—
Jason Liebowitz,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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However, if those paths are blocked by shrubbery or piles of leaves, the water backs up.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
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Workers in white hazmat suits moved piles of rubbish into trucks.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 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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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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But at the end of meteorological winter, which ran from December through February, few observing stations in the East had recorded a record-breaking cold winter, while dozens in the West and Southwest saw their warmest.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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The result is a little over a dozen of ultra-versatile staples—cool and edgy, with a subtle softness—that feel distinctly Agolde and Maria McManus at once.—
Libby Page,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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Still the company can’t export its normal quantities because of capacity constraints.—
Bloomberg,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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On the other hand, silver and gold bars are optimal for those looking to buy larger quantities, as storing and keeping track of many coins can be cumbersome.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Chunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunks. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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