lumps

Example Sentences

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The new reporting lumps Nvidia’s gaming chips in with chips for cars, robots, video, and scientific workstations, representing about 8% of first-quarter sales.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

When returns suddenly turn negative, the pods are forced to take their lumps quickly and reduce risk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Generally, people with the infection have painful lumps, blisters of swollen skin - but he had no obvious signs, with what looked like burns appearing on his foot only after it had taken hold.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The candies themselves looked like tiny, dusty potatoes: irregular little lumps of sweet cream with bits of coconut rolled in cinnamon, dusty and warm-smelling, tucked into a plastic tray.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

This wall is old, built of rough, square lumps of hewn granite, and it comes from the woods and goes back to the woods once more.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman