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as in handful
a small number
a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport
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2
as in splash
a very small amount
just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program
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as in spraying
to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water
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as in dotting
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut
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Recent Examples of sprinkling
Mark Carey, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
The sprinkling of gold dotting throughout highlights the importance of gold jewelry in clack culture.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
The chef then lightly seasons the baby back ribs, just a sprinkling, and puts the meat in the smoker for about 3 and a half hours, sometimes more.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Season with a light sprinkling of salt and black pepper.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Noun
This time, the official club statement came with a sprinkling of statistics.
—Mark Carey, The Athletic, 11 Feb. 2025
The sprinkling of gold dotting throughout highlights the importance of gold jewelry in clack culture.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2025
The chef then lightly seasons the baby back ribs, just a sprinkling, and puts the meat in the smoker for about 3 and a half hours, sometimes more.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
Season with a light sprinkling of salt and black pepper.
—Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprinkling
Noun
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But there were a handful of doozies, including: — That DOGE had found hundreds of billions in fraud, but DOGE's numbers just don't add up.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2025
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Paris has mastered a handful of signature cuts — think French bobs, effortlessly perfect fringes, and long, layered styles.—
Jacqueline Kilikita,
refinery29.com,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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By locking Metcalf into a five-year, $150 million contract, the Steelers have made their biggest splash at wideout, where their track record of drafting and developing the position has hit a valley in recent years (except George Pickens).—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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Slam Dunk At Pier 5 at Bayside Marketplace in Miami, this is a winning mix of Don Q Cristal rum, Triple Sec, fresh lime, orange juice, and mint, topped with a bubbly splash of Starry.—
Aly Walansky,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The home where the couple was found is in a gated community at the end of a long, curving driveway.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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During the day, the French couple attended a ceremony at the National Palace of Belem.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His win is a glimmer of hope for those who don’t live in mansions but just want to make movies.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
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No Other Land, about the destruction of a West Bank community, offers a glimmer of hope in the bond between an Israeli and a Palestinian.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Just peppering it in throughout the season, to keep it alive.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Dec. 2024
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Straight from the hotel docks, our captain showed us around the various villas and properties dotted around the lake, peppering in some historical and pop-culture factoids, like how the idyllic Villa Balbianello was featured in the Star Wars prequel films.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
7 Dec. 2024
Noun
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These protections, granted at a time when the auto industry boomed and no hint of competition from foreign automakers crested the horizon, would not be considered burdensome for the Detroit Three for decades.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Some saw that as a hint to his future involvement and a firm commitment to the youngster, but Fortea has not returned to Ancelotti’s training sessions since playing in two Under-19 European Championship qualifiers with Spain in November.—
Mario Cortegana,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bernhardt, who starts with spray paint on upright canvases, then puts them on the floor and adds watery acrylics, which give her work its drippy panache, chalks it up to plain coincidence, though of course there’s nothing plain about what either of them do.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2025
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Known for drippy paintings of words, phrases and geometric shapes, Pendleton will show his new paintings Composition and Movement, as well as a new single-channel video work, Resurrection City Revisited (Who Owns Geometry Anyway?).—
Roger Catlin,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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After being made aware of her video, Monadnock Food Co-op had to issue a recall and refunds for their organic red quinoa, organic white quinoa, organic tri-color quinoa, organic cornmeal, organic polenta, organic coconut shreds, and their raw walnuts.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The affected products include quinoa, cornmeal, polenta, coconut shreds and walnuts.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Sprinkling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprinkling. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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