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Recent Examples of droplets
Many are rendered in his signature teardrop style, where droplets hold fragments of memory and history.
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Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
These droplets are due to condensation from changing temperatures, not necessarily to spoilage.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Apr. 2026
Responding officers found a thin trail of blood droplets leading from the front door to the edge of the driveway.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The disease spreads through coughing or sneezing with respiratory droplets containing bacteria.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
It is spread through close contact with an infected person, such as through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
The team used a micro-dispenser that emits minute droplets of liquid fragrance, along with ultrasound waves to atomize those droplets into a fine mist.
—Shirl Leigh
march 31, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026
The first stage focuses on protecting the instrument from Venus’s highly corrosive environment by filtering out sulfuric acid droplets and fine particles.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases, spreading easily through air droplets, liable to infect up to 90% of unvaccinated people nearby.
—Katie Silver, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
These droplets are due to condensation from changing temperatures, not necessarily to spoilage.
—Sarah Bence, Verywell Health, 6 Apr. 2026
Responding officers found a thin trail of blood droplets leading from the front door to the edge of the driveway.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The disease spreads through coughing or sneezing with respiratory droplets containing bacteria.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
It is spread through close contact with an infected person, such as through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
The team used a micro-dispenser that emits minute droplets of liquid fragrance, along with ultrasound waves to atomize those droplets into a fine mist.
—Shirl Leigh
march 31, New Atlas, 31 Mar. 2026
The first stage focuses on protecting the instrument from Venus’s highly corrosive environment by filtering out sulfuric acid droplets and fine particles.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases, spreading easily through air droplets, liable to infect up to 90% of unvaccinated people nearby.
—Katie Silver, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droplets
Noun
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The signage lets viewers know it is made from silk chiffon and embroidered with bugle beads.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
6 Apr. 2026
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Melancon and his wife, Alicia Winding, sewed beads the size of chia seeds onto canvas to craft the art for Melancon's suit.—
Bill Whitaker,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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VIPs expect a private chef, a driver to take them back and forth to the festival grounds or auxiliary events, private security, IV drips provided at home, an on-call cleaner and private tennis or pickleball lessons.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Rather than simply preventing drips, the mom continues transferring a significant portion of the ice cream into the cup — leaving noticeably less on the cone.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The first three months of the year saw disparate trends in violence within the Chicago Police Department’s five patrol areas, records show, with a mixed bag of increases and further drops.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The morning began with moderate losses for Wall Street following drops for Asian and European stocks.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An actual cosmic void — which can indeed be a billion light-years (or more) across — has nothing to do with dark gas clouds and Bok globules, which are small, nearby clouds of light-blocking matter, particularly at optical wavelengths.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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The gluten is added last, to prevent globules from forming.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 June 2018
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“Droplets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplets. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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