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Recent Examples of droplets
The first stage focuses on protecting the instrument from Venus’s highly corrosive environment by filtering out sulfuric acid droplets and fine particles.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases, spreading easily through air droplets, liable to infect up to 90% of unvaccinated people nearby.
—Katie Silver, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
But the process allows ski areas to make snow in conditions that lead water droplets to freeze more rapidly.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Soot, ash and toxic chemicals from strikes on fuel depots and a refinery combined with water droplets in the atmosphere and fell back to Earth as an oily, acidic rain that prompted warnings to stay indoors.
—Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Meningococcal meningitis is a contagious illness caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and spread in respiratory droplets.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
The pi constant is used in calculating how to form those droplets, surface tension calculations that define how droplets can break up, and how researchers can control the size of those volumes, Di Carlo said.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
This causes water droplets to bead up on the glass and frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases, spreading easily through air droplets, liable to infect up to 90% of unvaccinated people nearby.
—Katie Silver, NPR, 28 Mar. 2026
But the process allows ski areas to make snow in conditions that lead water droplets to freeze more rapidly.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Soot, ash and toxic chemicals from strikes on fuel depots and a refinery combined with water droplets in the atmosphere and fell back to Earth as an oily, acidic rain that prompted warnings to stay indoors.
—Tammy Webber, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Meningococcal meningitis is a contagious illness caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis and spread in respiratory droplets.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
The pi constant is used in calculating how to form those droplets, surface tension calculations that define how droplets can break up, and how researchers can control the size of those volumes, Di Carlo said.
—ABC News, 14 Mar. 2026
This causes water droplets to bead up on the glass and frame.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droplets
Noun
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In this moment, dozens of them soar, like brilliant beads in a high-speed kaleidoscope amid the feeders placed before me and the other guests of the Mashpi Lodge, 70 miles northwest of Quito, the nation’s capital.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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Aura wore a gold headband and yellow and green beads in her hair to match her yellow dress.—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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Inspired by both pre-Columbian cultures and modern scientific theories, Jensen made energetic diagrams of shapes, symbols, and numbers in loud complementary colors, using thick globs of paint; the results generate a fascinating friction.—
Brian Seibert,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Use a dry microfiber cloth to catch any drips along the edges and corners of the window frame.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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Finally, use a dry microfiber cloth to catch any remaining drips along the edges and sill.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Add the mochiko, orange juice, sugar, vanilla, and a few drops of vinegar, and stir until a smooth batter forms.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Christian wins individual immunity for Purple but drops.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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An actual cosmic void — which can indeed be a billion light-years (or more) across — has nothing to do with dark gas clouds and Bok globules, which are small, nearby clouds of light-blocking matter, particularly at optical wavelengths.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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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 5 Apr. 2026.
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