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Recent Examples of droplet
Soot, ash and toxic chemicals from strikes on fuel depots and a refinery combined with water droplets in the atmosphere and fell back to Earth as an oily, acidic rain that prompted warnings to stay indoors.
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Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Meningococcal meningitis is a contagious illness caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and spread in respiratory droplets.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
The pi constant is used in calculating how to form those droplets, surface tension calculations that define how droplets can break up, and how researchers can control the size of those volumes, Di Carlo said.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
This causes water droplets to bead up on the glass and frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Meningococcal meningitis is a contagious illness caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and spread in respiratory droplets.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
The pi constant is used in calculating how to form those droplets, surface tension calculations that define how droplets can break up, and how researchers can control the size of those volumes, Di Carlo said.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
This causes water droplets to bead up on the glass and frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droplet
Noun
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The levitating beads interact by scattering sound waves between themselves.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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Otero, who works out of her studio in the West Bottoms, makes earrings, claw clips, charm necklaces and bracelets out of acrylics, metal, stones and beads, using inspiration for her childhood swimming in the ocean.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee
Updated March 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
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Health alerts to medical providers have slowed to a drip.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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Working with 1 cutlet at a time, dredge in flour mixture, shaking off excess, then dip in egg, letting excess drip back into bowl.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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Sorokin was locked in from the drop of the puck, denying Colin Blackwell on a shorthanded breakaway 10 minutes in and making a handful of other 10-bell saves on quality scoring chances in the first period alone.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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By 2033, the trust fund will run dry, triggering that immense, across-the-board drop that is slated to punish the most vulnerable Americans by collapsing all benefits an equal share regardless of income.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplet. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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