raindrop

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Recent Examples of raindrop Those pulses bounce off raindrops, snowflakes, hailstones—what meteorologists collectively call hydrometeors—and back to the dish antenna. Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 30 May 2025 The fossilized rock is covered in dimples from raindrops, hinting at a shower just before the tracks were made—and indicating the amniotes were likely moving on dry land, as some of the paper’s authors write in an article for the Conversation. Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025 But there are usually many raindrop impressions, and here there were only a few, and only near the footprints. Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 Symbolizing petals kissed by sunlight on one side and shimmering raindrops on the other, the Pirouette encapsulates moments of ordinary life elevated into cherished memories. Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for raindrop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raindrop
Noun
  • All four judges voted to send Moore through to the next round, bringing his father to tears backstage.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 25 June 2025
  • No team is lining up to trade for a 35-year-old, undersized guard coming off an Achilles tear with $54 million owed next year.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • There’s something about the night sounds and waking up to dewdrops on the grass that really just scratches a primal itch.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2025
  • At that time Litoff was a dewdrop and in the caucus race, while Wei was a duck and dewdrop.
    Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Make a Statement with Lighting With its midcentury table, Lucite chairs, and bare white walls, the Kells' dining room is quite spare and restrained—all the better to show off a chandelier with a rainbow of glass teardrops.
    Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 June 2025
  • Video Only teardrops Whatever happens onstage, one thing will always help: fire.
    Miriam Quick, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Could alien microbes frolic in lakes of boiling acid or frigid liquid methane, or float in water droplets in Venus’ upper atmosphere?
    Daniel Apai, Space.com, 15 June 2025
  • Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores and the team’s personnel department had identified him as a versatile player who would squeeze every droplet of potential out of his career.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 19 May 2025

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“Raindrop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raindrop. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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