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as in chunks
a small uneven mass
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around
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Recent Examples of blobs
Past Northeast Pacific Ocean blobs led to a historic die-off of seabirds in coastal Alaska, and affected fish species along with sea lions and other creatures that call this region home.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Inorganic crystals could have caused the wormy features; the types of chemical reactions that produce limestone could have caused the blobs.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
The Nest Cam 2-pack works indoors or outdoors, runs on batteries, and actually shows super clear HD footage instead of just fuzzy blobs.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The latter, which are millimeter-size blobs, are each surrounded by black rings that scientists determined contain iron and phosphate after studying them with Perseverance's toolkit.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
According to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, these gnarly-looking blobs are no larger than 4 millimeters (or 5/32 of an inch) wide.
—Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Microgravity conditions complicate fluid transfer, as fuel forms blobs instead of flowing like on Earth.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
But first, and with no clear reason, a couple of alien creatures — blue blobs that mimic human speech — also pop their smiley faces into Billy’s industrious fund chasing.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
To their shock, seismic waves appear to lose very little energy on their journeys, suggesting the blobs are made of very large crystals after all.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Inorganic crystals could have caused the wormy features; the types of chemical reactions that produce limestone could have caused the blobs.
—David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
The Nest Cam 2-pack works indoors or outdoors, runs on batteries, and actually shows super clear HD footage instead of just fuzzy blobs.
—PC Magazine, 11 Sep. 2025
The latter, which are millimeter-size blobs, are each surrounded by black rings that scientists determined contain iron and phosphate after studying them with Perseverance's toolkit.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 10 Sep. 2025
According to the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, these gnarly-looking blobs are no larger than 4 millimeters (or 5/32 of an inch) wide.
—Laura Baisas Aug 20, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2025
Microgravity conditions complicate fluid transfer, as fuel forms blobs instead of flowing like on Earth.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
But first, and with no clear reason, a couple of alien creatures — blue blobs that mimic human speech — also pop their smiley faces into Billy’s industrious fund chasing.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
To their shock, seismic waves appear to lose very little energy on their journeys, suggesting the blobs are made of very large crystals after all.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blobs
Noun
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This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While somewhat off-putting in concept, the delicate beads of hair reflect the time and care that was poured into the piece by Hatoum.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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These modified beads were far better at avoiding immune responses compared to untreated nanoplastics.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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And can small dark matter clumps exist without forming stars inside them?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Whichever the case, the researchers are now curious to discover more characteristics of the intriguing object, including determining whether dark matter can exist in small clumps without stars.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Everyone gathered around to help flip the meat, stuffing wads of lettuce wraps into their cheeks and washing it down with soju.—
Irene Yoo
September 26,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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But a safe containing fat wads of cash and a large cocaine stash presents an opportunity.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Those bright white tees seem to be absolute stain magnets attracting coffee drips, spaghetti sauce spots, and salad dressing splashes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hydration clinics, combined with the growing number of med spas offering intravenous vitamin drips, skin care and cosmetic procedures, have ballooned into a $15 billion wellness industry in recent years, according to the American Med Spa Association.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The gluten is added last, to prevent globules from forming.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2018
Noun
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These include things like oats, coconut glycerin, and peanut butter in the lumps of coal biscuits, oats, peanut butter and bacon in the bac’n nutty biscuits, and chickpeas, tapioca flour and apples in the brushy sticks.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Cut into potatoes, and scoop the flesh into a food processor; process until no lumps remain, about 1 minute.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Blobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blobs. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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