chunk

Example Sentences

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If you put a chunk of your investable wealth into an annuity, you are forgoing any increases in the stock market.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Both of the candidates will have to court the chunk of the electorate that went with Pratt, who is in third place with nearly all votes counted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Skyrocketing costs for memory and storage, key components inside its devices, threaten to take a large chunk out of its profit margins starting later this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

On 12 June, trading will begin in a chunk of shares in a company that, up to now, only Musk and a select group of rich private institutions have been able or invited to own.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Who remembers the cold comfort of that open hearth before we built a new school with its patented front-loader chunk stove with isinglass winders?”

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck