sprinkling
noun
sprin·kling
ˈspriŋ-kliŋ 
1
: a limited quantity or amount : modicum
2
: a small quantity falling in scattered drops or particles
3
: a small number distributed at random : scattering
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a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport
just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program
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Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Scott transforms her front yard at 1728 Hanson Lane into a theater of tombstones, complete with scores of skeletons, plenty of pumpkins and a generous sprinkling of ghosts.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood spatter — of the new horror novels that kept us awake for all the right reasons this year.
—Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Pacific Time, under a sprinkling Seattle sky and a closed roof at T-Mobile Park.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Sprinkling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprinkling. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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sprinkling
noun
sprin·kling
ˈspriŋ-kliŋ
: a very small number or amount
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