1
as in sprinkling
a very small amount
there was not a particle of truth in what she said
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2
as in speck
a very small piece
a particle of cookie fell on the carpet
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Recent Examples of particle
These even-tinier particles can get embedded in the tissues of plants and animals in ways that scientists are only beginning to understand, Dr. Raimondo said.
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Use Paper Tea Bags or Loose-Leaf Tea Commercial tea bags made with polypropylene can shed billions of microplastic particles.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
New research has pinpointed the exact date when the strongest ever solar particle storm hit the Earth.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Microplastics are small plastic particles that come from broken down plastics, according to a study in the National Library of Medicine.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Elizabeth Anne Brown, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Use Paper Tea Bags or Loose-Leaf Tea Commercial tea bags made with polypropylene can shed billions of microplastic particles.
—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 16 May 2025
New research has pinpointed the exact date when the strongest ever solar particle storm hit the Earth.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Microplastics are small plastic particles that come from broken down plastics, according to a study in the National Library of Medicine.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for particle
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Its members will include lobbyists, tech industry bigwigs and a sprinkling of White House officials, such as David Sacks, who is Trump’s crypto czar.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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When the daily decided to take a walk back in time to celebrate 50 years of Women’s Fashion Industries on Aug. 15, 1950, a look at the Easter Parade and fashion trends of the day was included, noting that the parade had grown from a sprinkling of 400 people to over 4 million.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
18 Apr. 2025
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The whole process is more NASA than NASCAR in that there’s not a speck of grease or oil on the bright, white vinyl flooring and everybody’s hands are clean.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Or a percentage of a fraction of a risk — better lock him up, than risk a speck of backlash.—
David Katz,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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More recently, the brand has ventured into makeup — infusing its bestsellers with hints of color and forging the way for the skinification of makeup.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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Scientists in Taiwan looking for a ninth planet in the solar system claim to have found hints of it in archive images of the night sky taken by long-dead infrared telescopes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Don't load it up with more than 8 pounds of gear though, and avoid anything with pointy bits, as there's no padding here.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
25 May 2025
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People were impressed … and a little bit terrified.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Walls were observed with food splash and debris throughout the kitchen area, especially in hard to reach areas, such as behind and below equipment.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
30 May 2025
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Vulcan’s most high-visibility splash in the pickleball world was their 2024 agreement with the UPA to become the official ball of both the PPA and MLP, a contract reportedly worth more than $2M annually and which instantly created a market for their VPro flight ball.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Each shot is a singular moment in time, and plates are sometimes imbued with not just the emotional weight of the image but also flecks of dust kicked up by passing dump trucks full of debris.—
Marah Eakin,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Then, a volunteer lit the pyre, and flecks of ashes swirled in the air.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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But planted within that picture was a glimmer of hope — or maybe delusion — for Sabres fans.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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This link between exercise and the gut was barely a glimmer in scientists’ eyes some 15 years ago, when exercise immunologist Marc Cook was a graduate student at the Urbana-Champaign campus.—
Lydia Denworth,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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The immune system responds by releasing molecules called pyrogens, which induce fever.—
Harry Bernheim,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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He’s enlisted a graduate student from the Sorbonne in Paris to analyze the aromatic molecules in vanilla grown in different French territories—in Réunion, New Caledonia, Tahiti and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean.—
Jay Cheshes,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 May 2025
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“Particle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/particle. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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