nugget
noun
a lump of something, as of precious metal.
nuggets
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pluralof nugget.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There were other bullish nuggets in Anthropic’s IPO filing, said Thomas Martin, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Someone wearing a headset might mishear an order for 26 nuggets.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
"Next year it'll be banning something else relatively small...until we're all just eating, you know, chicken nuggets, and we'll have no culinary heritage whatsoever."
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
So as I slide four chicken nuggets on to my son's dinner plate - alongside his carrots and pasta - I'm not feeling the usual shame and panic.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Once there, we were to hunt for nuggets of black rock.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
