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While some raindrops were felt, the skies cleared quickly, and as the usual halftime clock expired, both the Broncos' and Titans' special teams came out for their warm-ups pretty much on schedule.—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025 The raindrops are called chondrules.—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025 The team is experimenting with designs that can harvest energy from sweat during exercise or from raindrops in outdoor environments.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025 As a result, even the pressure of a raindrop is enough to cause the pods to shoot the seeds out onto the surrounding soil.—New Atlas, 23 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for raindrop
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of raindrop was
before the 12th century
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