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Recent Examples of droplets
Deputies observed a trail of blood droplets in the living room leading to a bedroom, according to the affidavit.
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Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Glass water repellent acts as a protective barrier that causes rain droplets or water to roll away instead of drying and sticking to your glass (then causing those annoying spots).
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious infection spread by contact with respiratory droplets when someone talks, coughs or sneezes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
But salmon have no boundaries, and bears in pursuit often wander close enough to count droplets clinging to their fur.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
Police later found a broken basement window with blood on it and several blood droplets inside the house.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Some plant leaves use vein structures to move droplets efficiently to their edges.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Glass water repellent acts as a protective barrier that causes rain droplets or water to roll away instead of drying and sticking to your glass (then causing those annoying spots).
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious infection spread by contact with respiratory droplets when someone talks, coughs or sneezes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
—Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
But salmon have no boundaries, and bears in pursuit often wander close enough to count droplets clinging to their fur.
—Susan Portnoy, AFAR Media, 3 Oct. 2025
But as early as 1892, scientists have noted that tiny droplets of water in the air can be positively or negatively charged in situations such as waterfall spray or fog.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2025
Police later found a broken basement window with blood on it and several blood droplets inside the house.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Some plant leaves use vein structures to move droplets efficiently to their edges.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
With an airbrush borrowed from his job at an ad agency, Man Ray would blast droplets of gouache onto board or heavy paper and use stencils to organize the spray.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droplets
Noun
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While somewhat off-putting in concept, the delicate beads of hair reflect the time and care that was poured into the piece by Hatoum.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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These modified beads were far better at avoiding immune responses compared to untreated nanoplastics.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those bright white tees seem to be absolute stain magnets attracting coffee drips, spaghetti sauce spots, and salad dressing splashes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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Hydration clinics, combined with the growing number of med spas offering intravenous vitamin drips, skin care and cosmetic procedures, have ballooned into a $15 billion wellness industry in recent years, according to the American Med Spa Association.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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New additives like preservatives, flavorings and vitamins were infused into them, and they were packaged in novel ways to withstand hard helicopter drops, wet beach landings and days at the bottom of rucksacks.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Drag performance, with its abundance of wigs, campy makeup and death drops, is ready-made for Halloween.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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 22 Oct. 2025.
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