nugget

Example Sentences

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It’s notable that Vance saved this nugget about demons for Johnson, who works with TPUSA, which bills itself as a youth outreach organization.

From Salon • Apr. 1, 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

Ford dreamed up the atomic-age Nucleon, powered by a tiny nugget of uranium and incidentally requiring tons of lead shielding to protect anyone who came within a football field of the thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Rory was devastated when his dad took his last chicken nugget at a home game of their beloved Wolverhampton Wanderers - and his despair was caught on the stadium's big screen.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

She clutched the apple to her chest like it was a gold nugget.

From "I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964" by Lauren Tarshis