lump
Example Sentences
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She was pleased by the hospital's response to the complications, but she noticed the lump developing on her stomach about three months later.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
Often they’re sitting on a lump sum and don’t want to commit it all at once to riskier investments like stocks or bonds because markets seem frothy or they fear yields might rise.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Indexed universal life, on the other hand, typically has the buyer pay in a lump sum to start for a death benefit that can fluctuate.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
In early 2022, after more than a year of underreporting customs values, First Brands paid the Chinese subsidiary a $40 million lump sum to compensate for the artificially depressed payments, the lawsuit said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
A lump in her heart that she had not even known was there began to melt, and the water flowed, mostly from her eyes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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