as in bead
the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass there were only a few droplets left in the canteen

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Recent Examples of droplet The secondary rainbow is caused by a second reflection inside the droplet, and this ‘re-reflected’ light exits the drop at a different angle—50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow. Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 It is spread through close contact with an infected person, such as through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing. Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025 Produced when moonlight is refracted through water droplets, the white or lunar rainbow only appears in full moon conditions when the sky is clear. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025 Large aspens crowd around, each leaf like a droplet of sunshine. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for droplet
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Noun
  • Stick with small bins for little items like paintbrushes, beads, or binder clips to keep them from getting lost.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Other ideas include Perler beads, Rainbow Loom, slime making, and Shrinky Dinks.
    Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.
    Elise Cutts, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Remove it and continue rotating to let any excess drip off.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • From there, find a solution to protect against accidental oil drips that can harm your furniture.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Evidence pointing directly to Avery’s involvement included drops of his blood that were found in Halbach's Toyota RAV4 and her keys, which were found in his bedroom along with his DNA, per the Post-Crescent.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Bitcoin’s price has gone up 700% over the past five years — with plenty of stomach-turning drops along the way — while the S&P 500 is up 110%.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplet. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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