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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
The ice maker produces 1.6 pounds of chewable nugget ice per hour and the large tray holds up to three pounds at a time.
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
Existing Howard County Public School System menu items cherry blossom chicken, French bread pizza and vegan chicken nuggets were also offered.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Chicken soup with rice … or chicken nuggets with fries.
—Jay Reddick, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
On the soap box: Streamers behaving like TV networks was also evidenced in another nugget of Netflix news Tuesday with the unveiling of Tout Pour La Lumière, its first ever European soap.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
Existing Howard County Public School System menu items cherry blossom chicken, French bread pizza and vegan chicken nuggets were also offered.
—Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
Chicken soup with rice … or chicken nuggets with fries.
—Jay Reddick, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
On the soap box: Streamers behaving like TV networks was also evidenced in another nugget of Netflix news Tuesday with the unveiling of Tout Pour La Lumière, its first ever European soap.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nugget
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Yes, there’s a demonic agent of chaos with six limbs and a mouthful of huge teeth.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
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In order to catch liars, the ancient Chinese would sometimes give the accused a mouthful of uncooked rice during interrogation—and then ask the person to open wide.Susan Saulny, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Because rental costs make up such a big chunk of overall inflation, that could pave the way for cooler inflation readings going forward.COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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That would theoretically take up a significant chunk of what the Tigers could offer to Sasaki, making what seems like a long-shot pairing even more unlikely.Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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There were also no visible specks of spices like the Shamrock nog.Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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But a break in the case finally came in 2002 when the Contra Costa County forensic lab matched DNA in Kemp’s hair with the genetic makeup of a speck of blood found on one of Wiltsey’s fingernails.Jason Green, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Located just below Tak, Izakaya is ideal for quick bites of sushi and sips of sake in a casual setting.Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2024
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Betting on one brand gives you only one bite at the apple.Gary Stern, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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This understandable bit of gamesmanship has unintended consequences.Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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As on Android, the bulk of the app data is deleted to free up space, with key bits of information kept on your phone.David Nield, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
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Over the decades, certain coffee table books have become their own status symbols (including Architectural Digest at 100: A Century of Style), serving as signifiers of taste.Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 13 Dec. 2024
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But how does Walsh apply that same approach to fashion to clients with varied tastes?Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
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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
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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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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nugget. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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