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chunk

[chuhngk] / tʃʌŋk /
NOUN
mass, slab of something
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST


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Steve Hooper has a sizable chunk of his money in Latigo Peak’s most conservative strategy, which generates income that the 73-year-old and his wife have lived off since his retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The broadband provider has not finalised the number of roles to be cut but it is likely be a sizeable chunk of its 16,000 workforce, the BBC understands.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Every game, San Juan Hills has six to 10 explosive plays on offense that are 40- to 60-yard chunk plays,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

After spending a good chunk of the past year in Wall Street’s doghouse, Microsoft currently stands as the winner among the major cloud companies.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Sharks around here must have tasted the chunk I lost from my forehead in the storm, thought it was jaw-snapping yum!, and wanted to chomp the rest.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr

So much sand has eroded at the popular Newport Beach surfing spot The Wedge that remnants of decades-old buried infrastructure, like rusted metal rods and chunks of concrete, have been exposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

A US official said recently that the chances of the package being split into smaller chunks "have gone way up".

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

After World War II, Germany lost large chunks of territory that once stretched as far east as Kaliningrad, now part of Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Large chunks of concrete could be seen scattered around and inside the collapsed area, while orange traffic cones cordoned off the site as workers surveyed the damage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

“Ice cream with chunks of doodh ka halwa.”

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan


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