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as in splashes
a very small amount
money doled out in driblets to the workers
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Noun
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There might be something undeniably satisfying about working up a sweat, watching the droplets roll down your skin and leaving you with a red-faced glow.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025 -
While white adipose tissue has one large fatty droplet, brown tissue has many tiny droplets, and lots of mitochondria.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The film is full of visual gags like that, many of which do little to move the plot forward.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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Well, who said field days are just for the littles?—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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“Driblets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driblets. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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