as in chunk
a small uneven mass
dropped a nubble of clay on the floor of the pottery
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Noun
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Carter also voided leases of large chunks of the campus to UCLA and the private Brentwood School.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2025 -
Miami relied on its press-zone defense for a large chunk of the game.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Sifting a dry ingredient before measuring it not only helps break up and clumps, but helps the measurement to be more accurate and leads to a lighter, airier end product.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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They are often found in drainage canals or thick grass clumps, according to the museum.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This popular brand found at most grocery stores is a bit chewy and has some hunks of fat that don’t cook out, but the hit of fennel is a win.—
Jolene Thym,
The Mercury News,
19 Feb. 2025
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On December 27, 2024, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, detected a hunk of space rock approximately 828,800 kilometers (515,000 miles) from Earth.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Its cover — a black-and-white photo depicting more than a dozen Black men, boys, and babies waving wads of cash and liquor bottles over the corpse of a white judge on the lawn of Obama’s White House — was a provocation tailor-made for the Black Lives Matter movement, which was then in full swing.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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For now, Match Group is hoping to appease shareholders by throwing wads of cash at them.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Whisk together buttermilk and egg in a small bowl or glass measuring cup; add buttermilk mixture and melted butter to flour mixture and whisky gently just until combined (some lumps will remain).—
Amanda Holstein,
Southern Living,
18 Feb. 2025
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Green lumps of prickly shrubs, called Eureka dunegrass, sprout up from the sand.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What does mold look like? When thinking about mold in the home, the image of fuzzy green globs clinging to old bread may come to mind.—
Bridget Reed Morawski,
Architectural Digest,
14 Jan. 2025
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Yet the passage of time has roughed over the fine details of their artistry, rendering these once-crisp lines into fuzzy globs.—
ByRodrigo Pérez Ortega,
science.org,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Fertility all of a sudden seemed like a knob that governments could turn at will.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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What to look for in a quality shower faucet Components Look for a shower faucet that comes with a diverter, which enables you to redirect the water flow from the spout to the showerhead with a switch or knob.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Nubble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nubble. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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