nugget

Example Sentences

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“I had no idea that eating a 10-piece chicken nugget on a roller coaster would be a national headline, but here we are,” Ferrell told Fox 8 News in Cleveland.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

In other words, the urge to order a plate of buttered noodles or a perfectly crisp chicken nugget isn’t childish.

From Salon • Apr. 25, 2026

A comic answer, but one with a nugget of truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

An alarming nugget buried in the Treasury Department’s annual report External link on the federal government’s books from the last fiscal year: Its long-term liabilities exceed its expected revenue by tens of trillions of dollars.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“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.”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly