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How to use the word Chunk in a Sentence?

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You’re having to take submarines out for quite a significant chunk of time to refit them, and if there are delays or issues that could cascade and you could see issues where Australia actually doesn’t have enough submariners to maintain its current forces of mariners, let alone augment that.

Richard Dunley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is still a large chunk of new construction homes currently under construction, and when those homes hit the market, especially over the next few months, we will see spring home buyers – those who can afford the higher new construction price tags – having more options and opportunities to break into homeownership.

Nicole Bachaud

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For companies that have a business model where energy represents a good chunk of their costs, they could be incentivized to move to the US, so that is a bit of a worry.

Giovanni Sgaravatti

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It looked like an alligator tried to take a chunk out of his tail, he was already missing a couple of little fingers.

Justin Broomhall/James Elliott

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When you're looking at, 40,000 soldiers that potentially are in that unvaccinated category, absolutely there's readiness implications on that and concerns associated with that, that's a significant chunk.

Jon Jensen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Using a big chunk of vacation time all at once may mean you have fewer days off to use throughout the year.

Amy Morin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Not everything counts on your performance evaluations -- there's lots of work that is done that is never tracked, thanked or evaluated. it's a big chunk of work, and it can be important work that really helps the organization function, but it's not core to your everyday job activities and things you are really evaluated on.

Linda Babcock

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We were hit with the BA.1 -- wave of infections in December, January. We saw BA.2. And now we're seeing, in a large chunk of the country, BA.2.12.1. They are more contagious with more immune escape, and they are driving a lot of the increases in infection that we're seeing across the nation right now.

Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It's a very good deal, if someone gave me the chance to buy Tesla shares for $ 6.24 a share when they were worth $ 1,000, I'd jump at it. Even if I had to share a big chunk of that with the government, I'd be way ahead.

Steve Rosenthal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The last couple of years have been a challenge for us, the influence of receiving such a big chunk of change is huge ! We'll be working with our members to figure out the best way to use the bonus money.

Moose Lodge

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This whole information strategy that Russia has been implementing now for many years — it’s doing its job and it goes to show you just how dangerous something like this is, even when something is so black and white, it's still possible to make a large chunk of the population be either indifferent or be on the wrong side of the story.

Vadim Ismakaev

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It impacts a huge chunk of the workforce, when we have people come to us, we ask people if they have a mandatory arbitration provision as part of our initial intake process, and it's amazing how many people just say,' I don't know.'.

Michael Filoromo

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If you're a young artist and blow the big chunk of money and then you get into your older years and you don't have any income coming in, you'll probably regret it, owning music assets is like owning a retirement fund.

Hannah Karp

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It’s a huge chunk of the population who all need the same thing. And they all need it right now, they can’t go half an hour away because the kids need to stay in their school district.

Kelley Moye

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He could definitely start, i think he could play a full chunk of minutes. He's had three or four full-court days so I think he can play extended minutes.

Steve Nash

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A significant chunk of health care staff quit after the first two waves -- there's a sense of fatigue and exhaustion that wasn't there before, we'd just like this thing to be over.

Sam McConkey

Found on CNN
2 years ago

His life had changed so drastically, he was not accustomed to not being in the best of health. That bothered him. And then not being able to spend time out in public - that took a big chunk out of his world. He was at peace on stage performing. And in reflecting on his life, he realized, ‘This is what the rest of my life is going to be.’ He was in a melancholy place really.

Tony Oppedisano

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There's still a small chunk of firms still struggling with the changes, the bottom line is that there will continue to be a slow-burning impact of new trade frictions on The UK economy, even if the immediate teething problems have passed.

James Smith

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Theres a huge chunk of voters who didnt cast ballots in 2016, theyre the best sign of intensity at this point.

Tom Bonier

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We've got to practice three weeks, get the kinks out, then we've got to practice three weeks with the crew, and then go out for four months. It's just a huge chunk of time out of life.

Bob Seger

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

The looming expiration of federal unemployment benefits without a clear-cut replacement threatens a chunk of consumer spending power that has sustained households and made its way back into the economy.

Greg McBride

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We ourselves don't know where the next chunk of cash is really coming from.

Al Doyle

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

I pretty much used the same conversation starters I'd use in-person talking to other students at Plymouth State, we talked in-game mostly about how to vote, why as the largest chunk of eligible voters it is so important that young people make their voices heard.

Felix Clarke

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Well, I couldnt believe it this morning when I got up, turned on the TV checking to see what the coronavirus was doing, and they told me that my friend and singing partner Kenny Rogers had passed away, we all know Kenny is in a better place than we are today, but Imfor sure hes going to be talking to God sometime today, if aint already, and hes going to be asking him to spread some light on this darkness going on here. But, I loved Kenny with all my heart. My hearts broken. A big ol chunk of it has gone with him today and I think that I can speak for all his family, his friends and fans, when I say that I will always love him.

Dolly Parton

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

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