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nugget

noun as in lump, solid piece; often of metal

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For chicken nuggets, tortilla-based masa and jalapeño buttermilk coatings were the key.

As is sometimes the case with Bessent, there’s a tiny nugget of truth in his words, surrounded by a bodyguard of misrepresentation.

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It was a baby-sized pillow, too small for even a pithy nugget of wisdom, so she had settled on a simple greeting.

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Of course, there is such a thing as bad advice, and not every pithy nugget of wisdom is worth stitching onto a pillow.

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“Now if you want our help—if you want us to take you to the mall, of all places—you have to tell us something. Give us some nugget of information.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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