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

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Recent Examples of chunk The movie feels like such a fun stoner comedy horror for good chunk of it. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 The band spent a good chunk of 2024 on the road in the lead-up to the release of the album on their Music of the Spheres world tour. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024 Republicans still don’t understand Trump… Over and over again, Trump’s aides and adversaries alike kept returning to the fact that a huge chunk of the GOP universe started with an immovable and immutable affinity for Trump. Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024 Watching those pages come out of the printer was like seeing the last chunk of Antarctic ice fall into the ocean. Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chunk 
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Noun
  • The area typically receives a ton of snow in the winter and also has a nearby ski resort, Sunrise Park Resort. Pinetop, similar to Flagstaff, has plenty of good hotel and restaurant options, but that's not the best part of the snowy paradise.
    Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Astros lost a ton of games on purpose, and cashed in the resulting high draft picks into a powerful nucleus that drove their run of success.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The resulting Treaty of Portsmouth, signed in the New Hampshire town on September 5, 1905, ceded large hunks of Manchuria, Korea and the island of Sakhalin to Japan.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • If the first player says Phil Collins, the second says Mike Rutherford, and the third is stumped, another team can buzz in and earn all the extra points with noted hunk Tony Banks.
    Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Observing at longer wavelengths using ALMA, the researchers could penetrate dust clouds and reveal a clump of dust at the outer edge of the two planets’ orbits.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The patch of shadow lay on the snow at the edge of a thorn clump thirty yards ahead.
    Wilson H. Stover, Outdoor Life, 5 Dec. 2024
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  • Our dinner options are greasy pizza or rubbery burgers, the undersides of the tables are speckled with wads of gum and the background noise is the shouting voices of children.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • That means having to come up with a sizeable wad of money to the lender, and the situation only gets worse if the car was purchased with a minimal down payment, and/or has a quicker-than-average rate of depreciation.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At two dozen players, that’s between $120,000 and $252,000 in annual revenue.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • There was also another dozen cash and in-kind prizes handed out by a raft of sponsors including the Arab Cinema Center, Filmmore, Freshly Ground Stories, Ithra, Ambient Light, Rotana Studios and Titrafilm.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The result is a 120-horsepower power output coupled to a robust 69 pound-feet of torque, all from a lump weighing at just 120 pounds - a full 20 pounds less than the old 105 horsepower 955cc L-Twin in the current Super Sport and other models.
    William Roberson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Gradually pour in half of the milk, whisking constantly to prevent lumps from forming, then whisk in the remaining milk.
    Brianna Crane, Axios, 23 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Black widows and brown widows are usually found in wood piles, garages, around mailboxes, and in areas of the home that aren’t commonly cleaned.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The chief suspect in the killing of Brian Thompson appears to have dumped something on a pile of trash bags before shooting the UnitedHealthcare chief executive in New York, footage obtained by Newsweek shows.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Great bright globs of gore, falling splat-splat on the linoleum.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The catenary lights provide a festive evening glob reminiscent of vineyard properties.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024

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“Chunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chunk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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