as in bead
the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass there were only a few droplets left in the canteen

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Recent Examples of droplet Flu, Covid-19 and RSV can spread through respiratory droplets, Ren said. Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 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 Large aspens crowd around, each leaf like a droplet of sunshine. Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 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 See All Example Sentences for droplet
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Noun
  • Balti walks the Paramount Studios runway wearing the gold veil and sleeves made of chains and beads.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Some examples are shell beads dating to more than 10,000 years ago, from Barrow Island off the coast of Western Australia, and a necklace of Tasmanian devil teeth that is about 7,000 years old, found near Lake Nitchie, Field told CNN in an email.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.
    Elise Cutts, Wired News, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But experts have warned that a more holistic approach is needed over the long term that would allow a steady drip of services rather than responding when symptoms become so severe that law enforcement must get involved.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The evolution of the airport lounge A decade ago, lounges were quiet corners of airports where business travelers could nurse a drip coffee and catch up on emails.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Evidence pointing directly to Avery’s involvement included drops of his blood that were found in Halbach's Toyota RAV4 and her keys, which were found in his bedroom along with his DNA, per the Post-Crescent.
    Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Bitcoin’s price has gone up 700% over the past five years — with plenty of stomach-turning drops along the way — while the S&P 500 is up 110%.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droplet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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