as in handful
a small number
we received only a smatter of complaints about the book
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Recent Examples of smatter
Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2019
Kara Baskin,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2023
Glover’s patchwork ethos is smattered across its seven installments.
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WIRED,
17 Mar. 2023
Lee is also now taking a smattering reps at first base as expected entering the spring.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
17 Mar. 2023
The movie is smattered with deep focus cinematography, led by the director of photography Jomo Fray.
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Omar Sanchez,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2020
During the class, remember to look out at the trees, to the sculptures smattered throughout, to the family of deer that will surely be grazing ahead.
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Zoe Ruffner,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2018
Who’s listening At UCF’s rehearsal hall, the crowd of 50 or so is smattered throughout the seats watching the New Music Ensemble perform pieces written by students.
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Trevor Fraser,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
27 Apr. 2018
Groping blindly, European and especially British explorers began trying to map this seascape beginning in the late 1500s – leading to a series of small advances, smattered with setbacks and tragedies, over centuries.
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Chris Mooney,
Anchorage Daily News,
21 Dec. 2017
Noun
Outside a car wash where two people died, a smatter of small bloodstains can still be seen on the white exterior wall.
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Washington Post,
28 Oct. 2019
Verb
Another version is dotted with oily little pepperoni cups and smattered with hot honey: simple and satisfying.
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Kara Baskin,
BostonGlobe.com,
4 May 2023
Glover’s patchwork ethos is smattered across its seven installments.
—
WIRED,
17 Mar. 2023
Lee is also now taking a smattering reps at first base as expected entering the spring.
—
Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
17 Mar. 2023
The movie is smattered with deep focus cinematography, led by the director of photography Jomo Fray.
—
Omar Sanchez,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2020
During the class, remember to look out at the trees, to the sculptures smattered throughout, to the family of deer that will surely be grazing ahead.
—
Zoe Ruffner,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2018
Who’s listening At UCF’s rehearsal hall, the crowd of 50 or so is smattered throughout the seats watching the New Music Ensemble perform pieces written by students.
—
Trevor Fraser,
OrlandoSentinel.com,
27 Apr. 2018
Groping blindly, European and especially British explorers began trying to map this seascape beginning in the late 1500s – leading to a series of small advances, smattered with setbacks and tragedies, over centuries.
—
Chris Mooney,
Anchorage Daily News,
21 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smatter
Noun
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That surge in imports was led largely by a handful of major manufacturing hubs.
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After the first handful of knockout-stage matches, there are five African nations remaining.
Verb
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The interview was interrupted multiple times because of rain pattering against the barn roof where it was being held.
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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.
Noun
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At a red light, he’s gunned down by a couple of guys on a dirtbike.
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That happened a couple more times.
Verb
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Erinys doesn't prate about democracy or social betterment but simply guards oil pipelines.
Verb
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Their nonstop blathering didn’t quite drown out the performances, although a number of presenters and winners struggled to be heard over the din.
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The nature of the American political system propagates scads of lawyers and poseurs who blather on endlessly, promising everything and delivering little.
Verb
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But rather than keep his discover quiet, the OP—much to everyone else's disappointment—blabbered.
Verb
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As André Van Peteghem, Dumont cast Fabrice Luchini, whose dialectical extravagance and theatrical exuberance lend his character, a blithering sybaritic fop, the pathos of a physical infirmity matched by the physical comedy of the accident-prone.
Verb
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The youthful musicians chattered away like creatures of the Transylvanian night.
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That’s nothing more than a nonsensical, demonizing political narrative spewed by left-wing politicians and their brethren in the progressive chattering class.
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