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chunky

[chuhng-kee] / ˈtʃʌŋ ki /


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She also suggests "adding layers of texture through cushions, throws and blankets" thinking about mixing materials like velvet, boucle or chunky knits.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Across the top, in chunky yellow letters, it reads “Phodega.”

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

Asics’s sneakers have been a beneficiary of the “dad sneaker” trend, which favors chunky, mesh-paneled running sneakers from the early 2000s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The chunky metal box malfunctioned, initially leaving more than 100,000 people without power.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

The handwriting was all chunky printing that leaned forward just like words blasting out of his mouth.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

Did “Étoile” scripts feel any bigger or chunkier than “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” or “Gilmore Girls”?

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2025

The stitches are bigger, so chunkier yarn is used, and this means blankets can be knitted more quickly than in traditional knitting.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2024

From others it seems an elegant high-tech cousin of the Transamerica Pyramid, the chunkier building across the bay.

From New York Times Jun. 9, 2023

The earliest pieces, made of cast aluminum, are chunkier and less streamlined, but the artist soon found her enduring mode.

From Washington Post Feb. 10, 2023

His height at the shoulder was five feet ten inches; and his build was even chunkier than the usual solid robust pattern of buffaloes.

From The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White

Elliott Hill is trying to regain Nike’s NKE -1.29%decrease; red down pointing triangle lead in the innovation race—and its chunkiest running shoe ever may be the model for getting there, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 10, 2025

Cut a slice and cozy up under your chunkiest throw blanket.

From Salon Oct. 15, 2022

Its flat display is 49mm across, making it by far the chunkiest Apple Watch.

From The Verge Sep. 8, 2022

And Boris Johnson has used this occasion to make big changes to the cabinet - the most significant switch coming in one of the chunkiest jobs of all.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2021

The non-essential players are ushered back into the room just as Mrs. Whistler — which at 6-foot-1 by 6-foot-8 Togneri calls "the chunkiest" of the three paintings — is hoisted onto the wall.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2015




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