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as in chunk
a small uneven mass
flicked a blob of jelly on the toast and began to spread it around
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Recent Examples of blob
In one of them, the star just looks like a big sort of fuzzy blob.
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Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
For example, Cookie Scriver, Pete’s daughter, is represented as a chocolate chip cookie with legs, while other children appear as colorful blobs with wild hair or inanimate objects with faces.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
One of your machines—the one that cuts the dough into tiny trees—passed its manual maintenance check a few months ago but suddenly begins producing amorphous blobs of dough instead of crisp, clean cuts.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
What could have been a drab ten-story block surrounded by pavement instead became a low, deep, black-glass blob—reflective in the day, glowing at night—that filled the whole lot, following the curves of medieval streets.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger/greenbelt, TIME, 8 Feb. 2025
For example, Cookie Scriver, Pete’s daughter, is represented as a chocolate chip cookie with legs, while other children appear as colorful blobs with wild hair or inanimate objects with faces.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 1 Feb. 2025
One of your machines—the one that cuts the dough into tiny trees—passed its manual maintenance check a few months ago but suddenly begins producing amorphous blobs of dough instead of crisp, clean cuts.
—Bill Rokos, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
What could have been a drab ten-story block surrounded by pavement instead became a low, deep, black-glass blob—reflective in the day, glowing at night—that filled the whole lot, following the curves of medieval streets.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blob
Noun
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The Yankees made so many mistakes in the World Series — particularly in Game 5 — that Los Angeles players spent a good chunk of the offseason publicly mocking the pinstripers.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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This is a road series for the Giants, but a good chunk of their roster has played at Sutter Health Park, the home to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. .—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
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Besides plants and flowers, a dinosaur tail, a crab, a hell ant, a spider mom and her young, and a firefly have been found entombed in globs of tree resin.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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Blood clots may form in the coronary arteries, usually due to atherosclerosis, a disease in which arteries harden due to the gradual accumulation of cholesterol and fatty clumps (plaque).—
Alicen Nelson MD,
Verywell Health,
27 Mar. 2025
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This will greatly benefit your home by taking away the chance of your ice leaking or forming into a solid clump during the defrost cycle.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
26 Mar. 2025
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Try this weighted blanket from Amazon for a more affordable option that is made with glass beads.—
Nora Colomer,
Fox News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The runway looks will include styles with intricate embellishments like complex pearl patterns, pictures and portraits, including some creations that required hundreds of thousands of beads and weeks of embroidery.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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One video captures the alligator slamming its jaws open and shut on a hunk of meat, with bits of chicken and Cheetos littering the concrete around its large body.—
Mitchell Willetts,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2025
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On the grate, a half-dozen hunks of beef were slowly smoking.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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Frost, tiny frozen water droplets, can form on outside surfaces during overnight freezes.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
28 Feb. 2025
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Measles can spread through contact with an infected person or with contaminated air droplets, and the virus can live in an airspace for up to two hours after an infected person leaves an area, according to the CDC.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Brutalist star Adrien Brody held a gold statue in his hands at Sunday night's Oscars, while his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, watched from the audience with a wad of her husband's used chewing gum in hers.—
Joey Nolfi,
EW.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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In her first Sephora meeting, Gordon gives a merchant a wad of cash, along with an apology for shoplifting over the years.—
Brennan Kilbane,
Allure,
11 Mar. 2025
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In addition to the traditional coffee offerings, there are regular drip coffees, lattes, matcha and frappuccinos on the menu.—
Sunny Hubler,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Mar. 2025
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Its Byzantine look is punched with vivid colors and hints of Abstract Expressionist brushstrokes and paint drips.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Blob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blob. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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