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as in mouthful
a small piece or quantity of food
nuggets of beef in the chow mein fried chicken nuggets
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as in speck
a very small piece
a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case
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Recent Examples of nugget
No matter your price point or your stone preference, there’s sure to be a piece that will compliment with your sporty-chic, tennis-watching, Honey-Deuce-drinking, Coqodaq-caviar-chicken-nugget-tasting, US Open look!
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Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2025
Major met the teen at a parking lot to buy a 10 karat nugget ring posted for sale on OfferUp, a mobile platform for buying and selling.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Konami promises an experience that is akin to the original with expansions and new nuggets.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Marvel is generally great at hiding things, so the studio could be throwing out nuggets of information to throw fans off theories that may or may not be true.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2025
Major met the teen at a parking lot to buy a 10 karat nugget ring posted for sale on OfferUp, a mobile platform for buying and selling.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Konami promises an experience that is akin to the original with expansions and new nuggets.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Marvel is generally great at hiding things, so the studio could be throwing out nuggets of information to throw fans off theories that may or may not be true.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nugget
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
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Their Cap & Cane Spirits Overproof Rum clocks in at 63% ABV and is created from a mix of Guatemalan molasses, turbinado sugar, and evaporated cane juice that delivers a mouthful of flavor.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
29 Aug. 2025
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Ancillary fees—from seat selection to baggage—now make up a major chunk of airline profits.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The cold gave us the sense of being a tiny little speck in this big city, and then of going through a door into a warm space with twelve other musicians.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
4 Sep. 2025
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The waterfront spread near the northern Indiana town of Culver is listed for a speck under $20 million with Andrea Kelly of Encore Sotheby’s International Realty.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
3 Sep. 2025
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And while winners may be tempted to choose the annuity for an initial lower tax bite and to get more Powerball money, inflation and unforeseeable tax changes over 29 years could eat away at its value.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Get the recipe > This rustic soup from Chiapas, Mexico, features the grassy flavor of fresh chipilín leaves in a rich corn broth, with tender masa dumplings stuffed with creamy queso fresco for a satisfying bite.—
SAVEUR Editors,
Saveur,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Early cans were massive hunks of metal, sometimes literal wrought iron.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Twilight hunk reshared a post from the NFL to support his ex and her future husband, proving there’s no bad blood between them.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Aug. 2025
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Subtle bits of faux wheat give it additional texture, and there’s an attached loop in the back for easy hanging.—
Shea Simmons,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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There’s trouble in paradise in this surprisingly profound soccer comedy, which takes an episode from 2002 that passed most of the world by but left the Republic of Ireland in bits, so much so that it was even compared (elsewhere, obviously) to the death of Princess Diana.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Steamworks Brewing Company A trip to Colorado calls for a stop at at least one craft brewery, so head to the popular Steamworks Brewing Company for a taste of Durango’s brewing scene.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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Last year, his job called him back to the place whose fans had given him a taste of citrus-laden hell.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Look for pink growing points near the top of the root clump.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Sep. 2025
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These clumps, in turn, reveal something about the evolutionary history of the star that exploded.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nugget. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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