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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
Nilsson’s version shares little with its source beyond Adam and Eve themselves, here recast as doughy, beigy silhouettes striking poses amid an almost psychedelic soup of parti-color fronds, blobs, and amoebas.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
To tie the space together, the sink and floor tile match the painting's black blobs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.
—Walker Mimms, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
Everyone thinks fat stores are just these passive blobs of tissue that hang off your body.
—Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
No, the blobs aren’t coming back.
—ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
Although the transparent blue blobs resemble jellyfish, velella velella aren’t actually jellies, according to the National Park Service.
—Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Unlike the smooth stream of fast coronal wind, the slow solar wind comes out of the sun in gusty blobs, which are visible in coronal images as bright rays.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
My reverence for feelings is precise, forensic even, but for me facts are malleable things, little blobs of cold clay waiting to be warmed up and shaped.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
To tie the space together, the sink and floor tile match the painting's black blobs.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 25 May 2026
Two Rorschach blobs as tall as men—one dark, the other a bright copper and blue—cast lassos at each other.
—Walker Mimms, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2026
Everyone thinks fat stores are just these passive blobs of tissue that hang off your body.
—Eileen Finan, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
No, the blobs aren’t coming back.
—ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
Although the transparent blue blobs resemble jellyfish, velella velella aren’t actually jellies, according to the National Park Service.
—Stephanie Zappelli, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Unlike the smooth stream of fast coronal wind, the slow solar wind comes out of the sun in gusty blobs, which are visible in coronal images as bright rays.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
My reverence for feelings is precise, forensic even, but for me facts are malleable things, little blobs of cold clay waiting to be warmed up and shaped.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blobs
Noun
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Large chunks of their tissue is ripped out entirely.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Housing, healthcare and childcare are especially large chunks of household budgets that families have little control over, said Hannah Stephens, a senior research assistant at the center.—
Stephan Bisaha,
NPR,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Framed in my room was a pre-Hispanic calculating tool that was made from colorful strings and beads.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Suddenly, intricate partings, curls, beads, and asymmetry were back in circulation.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Plant the clumps along a sunny or partly sunny border.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
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This time of year pollen can frequently be seen blowing through the air and forming clumps on the ground, as trees shed pollen as part of the reproductive process.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Bieber’s face artfully dotted with globs of lotion.—
Lucy Feldman,
Time,
6 May 2026
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The chemicals made their way into Lake Apopka, turning the crystal clear waters into a pea-green soup filled with globs of gooey algae.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Not as punishment, but to better know our playing grounds and appreciate the big and small things—like freeing wads of vegetation from an undercarriage—that turn a field into a stage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
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Cubans have long been accustomed to shopping with wads of cash stuffed into bags after compounding bouts of soaring inflation.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beside her, the dog shakes itself, droplets flying from it, then fixes her with an appraising gaze.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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The microscopic droplets released from a flushing toilet can rise 4 feet in the air and be inhaled or land on bathroom surfaces.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 June 2026
Noun
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So does her strategy of releasing information in covert drips, often not revealing facts until the reader has likely figured them out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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The new generation of luxury retreats — places like Preidlhof, Sha Wellness and Velaa Private Island — now offer infrared therapy, cryotherapy, stem cell treatments, IV vitamin drips and biometric testing alongside the traditional spa menu.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The question becomes whether the Blues want to bring in a reinforcement now or let their recent high draft picks take their lumps.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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This fermentation process separates the milk into curds (the thicker lumps of cheese) and whey (the liquid portion).—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
24 May 2026
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“Blobs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blobs. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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