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chunky

[chuhng-kee] / ˈtʃʌŋ ki /


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The chunky piano house groove even includes a callback to Madonna's Express Yourself.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

I like my mash slightly chunky, with small bits of banana that add a nice chew to the oats.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

Architects Billie Tsien and Tod Williams brushed off criticism, saying that Obama himself was inspired by the chunky works of the modernist Romanian sculptor.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

But, after rallying 306% since the start of 2025, it only looks like a bargain because of temporarily chunky profit margins for memory chips.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

There are real flowers, several different kinds at once, in chunky, flowing vases of Swedish glass.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Did “Étoile” scripts feel any bigger or chunkier than “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” or “Gilmore Girls”?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

The stitches are bigger, so chunkier yarn is used, and this means blankets can be knitted more quickly than in traditional knitting.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2024

From others it seems an elegant high-tech cousin of the Transamerica Pyramid, the chunkier building across the bay.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2023

If you didn’t smash the beans at all, the soup would be good, it would just be thinner and chunkier.

From Washington Post Jan. 22, 2023

Weight about equals that of robin, but the starling, with its short, drooping tail, is chunkier in appearance.

From Bird Neighbors An Introductory Acquaintance with One Hundred and Fifity Birds Commonly Found in the Gardens, Meadows, and Woods About Our Homes by Blanchan, Neltje

Elliott Hill is trying to regain Nike’s NKE -1.29%decrease; red down pointing triangle lead in the innovation race—and its chunkiest running shoe ever may be the model for getting there, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

Cut a slice and cozy up under your chunkiest throw blanket.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2022

And Boris Johnson has used this occasion to make big changes to the cabinet - the most significant switch coming in one of the chunkiest jobs of all.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2021

“Grab a cable-knit scarf and your chunkiest sweater / ‘Cause the summer was dope, but the fall’s even better,” the “Money Good” artist mused in the video.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 24, 2019

And right bang in the center is the chunkiest button of them: the home button, complete with the McLaren logo etched on the front.

From The Verge Dec. 29, 2017




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