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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
What arrived was chicken nuggets with ranch dressing.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
But eating nuggets that have been in one’s underwear?
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Those same gold nuggets are much less likely to be found on a popular generic LLM, such as the mainstay popular AIs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Those all-white meat chicken nuggets are plain by design, seemingly created as a vehicle for getting sauce in your mouth.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 May 2026
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
But eating nuggets that have been in one’s underwear?
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
Those same gold nuggets are much less likely to be found on a popular generic LLM, such as the mainstay popular AIs.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Those all-white meat chicken nuggets are plain by design, seemingly created as a vehicle for getting sauce in your mouth.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 26 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nugget
Noun
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As the snakes leap, jump and slither in a bid to escape, Kennedy manages to grab one in each hand, narrowly dodging their attempts to snag a mouthful of his skin.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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The new mouthful of a name is Signia by Hilton Diplomat Beach Resort.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
8 May 2026
Noun
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In the Art Institute drawing, a woman savors a chunk of carrot cake while lounging topless amid twenty-one other figures performing semi-aerobic choreography across the wall.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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This being Florida, a chunk of the crowd apparently took that as a cue to launch into a patriotic chant.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Most astronomers now agree that each of these minuscule crimson specks—which bear a striking resemblance to enormous, faraway stars—actually has a burgeoning black hole at its center.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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There are blue spots, specks, scratches, flares, and bits of crud in almost ALL of the Apollo photos.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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This can occur with or without skin markings, which may be mistaken for seemingly benign culprits like bug bites or an allergic reaction.—
Alyssa Sparacino,
Glamour,
29 May 2026
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Guests celebrating Giant included American Vogue Editor Chloe Malle as well as theater producers Tom Kirhady, Lucas McMahon, and Greg Nobile, who sipped on wine and champagne and dined on light bites whilst mingling and talking Tony prospects.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
29 May 2026
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Your favorite hockey hunk is a reader, people.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Navel-gazing cinema about the creative process isn’t usually my bag, but Almodóvar doesn’t take his own misery that seriously, even inserting a manic pixie dream hunk, a male stripper-slash-firefighter played by Patrick Criado, for a little bump and grind.—
Joshua Rothkopf,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Maybe get him in motion a little bit more.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2026
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There was always a little bit of John in each one of his performances.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 May 2026
Noun
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But also authors, artists and anyone with taste.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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After noticing the strange taste, Chen installed cameras in the kitchen to try to determine why his drink tasted strange, the district attorney’s office said.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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Was there really nothing more standing in her way than a pea-size clump of cells?—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nugget. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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