1
as in specks
a very small amount
there was not a particle of truth in what she said
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2
as in flecks
a very small piece
a particle of cookie fell on the carpet
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Recent Examples of particles
As dust floats through the air, static electricity can attract particles of dirt, pollen, pet dander, and dust that accumulate on the fan blades over time.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
During the blaze, Alireza Namayandeh, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, collected samples of the smoke at a Pasadena park within the plume, using a device that filters and separates the particles.
—Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Hantavirus is initially contracted by humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of a rodent.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
By starting slowly and then ramping up the heat quickly, the researchers made more uniform cathode structures inside the particles.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
What this revealed was that atomic nuclei heavier than the atomic nucleus of iron lost energy much more slowly than lighter particles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 May 2026
According to Altmann, hantavirus is most commonly spread when tiny particles from rodent urine or droppings become airborne and are inhaled.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Under normal manufacturing conditions, those particles are typically filtered out before the product is bottled.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 14 May 2026
During the blaze, Alireza Namayandeh, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, collected samples of the smoke at a Pasadena park within the plume, using a device that filters and separates the particles.
—Aarne Heikkila, NBC news, 14 May 2026
Hantavirus is initially contracted by humans through inhalation of particles contaminated with the urine, feces or saliva of a rodent.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
By starting slowly and then ramping up the heat quickly, the researchers made more uniform cathode structures inside the particles.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
What this revealed was that atomic nuclei heavier than the atomic nucleus of iron lost energy much more slowly than lighter particles.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 May 2026
According to Altmann, hantavirus is most commonly spread when tiny particles from rodent urine or droppings become airborne and are inhaled.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
Under normal manufacturing conditions, those particles are typically filtered out before the product is bottled.
—Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for particles
Noun
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As in Kourliandski’s quartet, specks and splatters of sound are interspersed with silences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Their faces lost distinction, their bodies smaller and smaller and then only specks in the overvoid.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
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The person who seems least surprised by it all is Matsuzawa, perhaps the league’s only 27-year-old rookie with flecks of gray in his hair.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The show combines nontraditional percussion, marshmallows, paint splashes, plumbing, black lights and streaming streamers.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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You’ll be thrown around in your seat, which moves in sync with the action, along with thumps in the back, splashes of water, blasts of air, smoke, and flashes of light.—
Benny Har-Even,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2026
Noun
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In between shout-outs from the crowd, Colbert played it straight, rattling off jokes about the day’s headlines, revealing one last First Draft, and sharing shrewd bits of history about The Ed Sullivan Theater.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
Noun
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My grandmother’s version typically called just for the addition of generous sprinklings of Lawry’s garlic salt and black pepper—and that’s it.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Manipulations include everything from surgically removing key tissues to implanting beads soaked with signaling molecules to injecting DNA into cells to instruct them to make a different set of proteins.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 May 2026
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The quantum engineering of new molecules could lead to better drugs and to batteries that don’t use costly, environmentally damaging commodities such as rare earth elements.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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During what was billed as the Steel Topping Out ceremony at new Nissan Stadium in November, Goodell was very complimentary of the franchise's facility, and even dropped hints that a Super Bowl could be headed to Nashville someday.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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This House primary in Pennsylvania is giving hints about where the national Democratic Party is headed.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
18 May 2026
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In the last 52 weeks, according to new NielsenIQ data, the only pasta made with alternative grains that is seeing an increase in year over year sales is ‘Grain and Legume’–a segment which has more than doubled in the past three years.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Some nitazenes are so powerful that under 2 milligrams—the equivalent of a few grains of sand—can kill a person by shutting down breathing.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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“Particles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particles. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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