The phrase "a small nugget" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, valuable piece of information or insight, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "During the meeting, she shared a small nugget of wisdom that changed my perspective on the project."
Alternatives: "a tiny piece of insight" or "a little gem of information."
Put salmon fillets over the potatoes and top with a small nugget of the tarragon-tomato butter.
We might have found a small nugget, something off topic or unexpected, that wouldn't have warranted the refund that was offered.
In a creek bed you discover a small nugget of gold, one of the few minerals that occur naturally in a nearly pure state.
Cook for just a few seconds more, then add a small nugget of butter and a good squeeze of lemon – this whole post-flip operation should take all of 30-40 soconds, so the scallops don't overcook.
The app offers a small nugget of a story and then provides readers with two options: more information about the topic or to move on to the next item.
Mrs. Olinger was silent for several moments, then her face brightened a bit with a small nugget: she had written a letter to her daughter, who works in the optical department of a Sears store in Bellingham, Wash., near the Canadian border, to suggest that she stay away from the mall on Halloween.
Such concepts take visual form in their art: a hunting scene on an openwork gold plaque is rendered as an unbroken network of lines, all connected; a relief of horses' heads on a small, nugget-thick gold cup from the fifth century B.C. has a continuous swirling design that seems to burst open like a flower.
The theme of impending catastrophe wrecking an idyll is vintage McEwan, and contributes both to the book's pace and tension.The small nugget of a plot is that Perowne collides with another fate.
A strong performance here would be another small nugget of data in the dizzying algorithm of interests currently being processed through the ECB mega-computer.
With variograms with no or a small relative nugget variance approximation STSI and MB are the best choices.
He just smiled when I asked him, but I noticed that he had a small golden nugget on his watch chain.
