as in chunk
a small uneven mass
served crackers topped with dollops of caviar as an appetizer
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Recent Examples of dollop
Everything that is truly great about the world’s oldest knockout competition was present, including dollops of controversy to go with the almighty scare given to the visitors.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Top Italian soups with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, a dollop of pesto, and shavings of Parmesan.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The steaming bowl was full of delightfully soft yellow noodles, slices of buttery roasted pork shoulder, bean sprouts and scallions, and a bright dollop of grated ginger.
—Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
But selling skin-care products that very young kids are meant to use daily is distinct from, say, letting a curious child re-create a parent’s nighttime routine with a dollop of yogurt.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
Top Italian soups with a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil, a dollop of pesto, and shavings of Parmesan.
—Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
The steaming bowl was full of delightfully soft yellow noodles, slices of buttery roasted pork shoulder, bean sprouts and scallions, and a bright dollop of grated ginger.
—Alex Halberstadt, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2026
But selling skin-care products that very young kids are meant to use daily is distinct from, say, letting a curious child re-create a parent’s nighttime routine with a dollop of yogurt.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dollop
Noun
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But a chunk of that is facing Brazil and Great Britain, whose arms aren’t largely MLB quality.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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The measure would allow many Cuban Americans to take legal ownership of a large chunk of the sprawling small private enterprises that have flourished on the island that have already been getting funding discreetly from Miami, but are under the names of relatives and friends on the island.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Like the others, its lead suffers heartily before falling in love with a hunk.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Toss in a warm bacon vinaigrette and top with hunks of goat cheese for a rich, filling main that’s not short on flavor.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2026
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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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The virus increases immune activity, which ramps up IgA production and leads to an influx of new antibody clumps in the kidney.—
Charles Schmidt,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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Remove any rocks, debris, weeds, or large clumps of soil.—
Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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Last year’s best actor, Adrien Brody, made amends for flinging chewing gum at his wife by swallowing a fresh wad of it (and his pride).—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Our pants had been ripped from brush and windfalls, and wads of insulation were hanging out of mine.—
Elwyn "Bud" Myers,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Most lumps such as these are noncancerous lipomas, or fatty tumors, and a decision on whether to remove them is based on whether the lumps interfere with movements or threaten other issues.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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That was an average of more than $20,000 to the 21,000 employees who received a lump-sum check.—
Melody Gutierrez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Dollop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dollop. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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