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On eating them, the protective fiber coating expands in response to the less acidic environment of the intestine, allowing the beads’ interior to tether and trap fat droplets from food.
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Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Since then, many researchers have played with the mathematically robust but very unorthodox idea of black holes as droplets of dark energy.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Flynn said dew points — the temperature to which air needs to cool in order to produce droplets — may rise into the low 60s around the region.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
If a person has plague pneumonia, then the bacteria can also be spread through cough droplets in the air, which can be inhaled by another person.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jay Kakade
august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Since then, many researchers have played with the mathematically robust but very unorthodox idea of black holes as droplets of dark energy.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Flynn said dew points — the temperature to which air needs to cool in order to produce droplets — may rise into the low 60s around the region.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
If a person has plague pneumonia, then the bacteria can also be spread through cough droplets in the air, which can be inhaled by another person.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droplet
Noun
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Averi has pink shoes with little beads on them.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025
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Silksong is steeped in religious imagery — desolate chapels, ringing church bells, even rosary beads that act as in-game currency.—
Keller Gordon,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The drip and/or crumb tray may require more scrubbing.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The most notable feature of the current crop of players is that there’s been a drip-drip effect, with England producing one outstanding talent each year.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Sabalenka, who has the much greater variety of the two players, started to bring the drop shot into play.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, costly mistakes — a Miles Sanders red zone fumble in the third quarter and three drops from CeeDee Lamb in the fourth quarter — gave the Eagles a slim 24-20 victory.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplet. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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