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chunk

[chuhngk] / tʃʌŋk /
NOUN
mass, slab of something
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Antonyms
STRONGEST


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San Francisco is playing at a high level with George Kittle and Brock Purdy generating chunk plays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Rodriguez has granted Washington access to a huge chunk of the country's crude reserves and signed agreements with foreign companies to look for, produce and export oil and gas.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But if you put a chunk of your investable wealth into a lifetime annuity, you have less access to that cash.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Buying a home also bundles two very important, but very different, decisions: where to live, and how to invest a large chunk of your life savings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Difference: There’s a chunk of roses snatched out of House No. 8’s rosebush.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

It makes sense to give a chunk of money to your kids, put several other chunks aside for investments, retire in place and enjoy that passive income.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I do want to figure out a way to preserve legible chunks of it in some form or other,” said Koelsch, who hopes to commission a new curtain for the 2027-28 season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Alcaraz, 23, is one of a number of players to have missed large chunks of the season with injury.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Tokens refer to the quantifiable chunks of information that AI models process, and the cost per token can vary by model and provider.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

A cluster of ferns shook and the ground bulged up and chunks of dirt tumbled aside, and there, standing in front of the goose, was a robot.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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