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nugget

[nuhg-it] / ˈnʌg ɪt /


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"He didn't really go any further into it, he just put a seed in the back of your mind and just gave you that little nugget."

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

That includes a camera-equipped oven that tells home chefs when their cookies are done, and the first refrigerator to make chewable nugget ice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“That,” the Chicago Cubs’ star said, “is a cool nugget I’ll always keep with me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

They include a nugget from the California gold rush; an 1879 lightbulb by Thomas Edison; a mainframe component from ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer that was built in 1946 and weighed 30 tons.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Even the citric acid that keeps the nugget “fresh” is made from corn.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

At the office, he’s known for poring over annual reports, searching for nuggets that can lead to a profitable investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Next year it'll be banning something else relatively small...until we're all just eating, you know, chicken nuggets, and we'll have no culinary heritage whatsoever."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Hanan takes my son's chicken nuggets as an example.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

But now, I seriously doubted anyone was going to hand me a bronze statue for the way I yelled at my kids for not finishing their chicken nuggets.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

See those chicken nuggets in the freezer case?

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan




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