chunk

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“Not to mention she was raised on a chunk of Krypton so didn’t even experience super powers until her teens.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

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

Micron shares were up 6.7% at $922.54 in premarket trading, after falling 13% on Friday as a chip-sector selloff took a chunk out of its recent enormous gains.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

A big chunk of the class time was taken up talking about and doing stuff for the elections.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott