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as in mouthfuls
a small piece or quantity of food
the chef's cuisine is so good that diners will want to savor every morsel
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2
as in specks
a very small piece
searching for any morsel of useful information
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3
as in dwarves
a person of no importance or influence
a morsel like her wouldn't last a week in the rough-and-tumble world of Wall Street
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Recent Examples of morsels
Learn to make mouthwatering morsels, like prawns with kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass or beef empanadas, and let the lush landscapes on the cookbook’s pages inspire your next trip.
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AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
The new morsels are available beginning August 25, just in time for kickoff, exclusively at Walmart.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Labor Day is not just for soaking up those last morsels of summer sun.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025
The new morsels are available beginning August 25, just in time for kickoff, exclusively at Walmart.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Labor Day is not just for soaking up those last morsels of summer sun.
—Izzy Baskette, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morsels
Noun
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But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Toothpaste specks needs to be removed from mirrors.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
7 Sep. 2025
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Silvery or mottled patches on leaves, brown or distorted petal edges, dark specks (feces) or flower buds that fail to open are signs of thrips.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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The disease spreads through triatomine insect bites, per UCLA Health.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The goal is to sit at the center of every money move—paying rent, parking spare cash in a three-month T-bill, even accessing emergency funds on a Sunday—while quietly automating the bits that don't need hands-on attention.—
Jamie Elkaleh,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Scientists thought these spiky bits might be spiny scales, like those found on the bodies of rays and sharks.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The other devices are also examples of iterative but meaningful advancements over their predecessors, and with a broad selection of options to suit varying tastes, needs, and budgets.—
Marc Saltzman,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Many have certainly enjoyed the wider varieties of apples with more complex tastes and personalities.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.—
Tomris Laffly,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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For batteries, Veith’s team used silica particles suspended in standard electrolytes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At night, the fire crackled while insects filled the air and a distant lion let out a low, steady rumble.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, all of these flag-waving insects are known to feed on toxic passionflower vines.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Naylor said the shark bite capital county's shoreline averages 12 to 15 bites or nibbles a year and had seen only four as of late July.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Morsels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morsels. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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