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dabble

[dab-uhl] / ˈdæb əl /


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Coinbase’s recent announcement made some social-media users wonder if it was actually a good thing for nontechnical staffers to dabble in coding, even with AI assistance.

From MarketWatch May 7, 2026

There is no shame in Gyllenhaal’s game, and her honest excitement to dabble with references and emotion is refreshing, even when these moments grate.

From Salon Mar. 8, 2026

Even the league’s most respected organizations appear to dabble in selective losing.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

Vijay's reasoning was explicit: politics, he argued, is not something one can dabble in.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Sammy had lost interest in the conversation and was lying on his stomach on the deck, trying to dabble his hand in the water.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

She also dabbles in other technologies, including quantum computing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

He serves today as Donald Trump’s pardon attorney, but Martin also dabbles in other projects for the president, who reportedly speaks to him frequently on the phone.

From Salon Feb. 1, 2026

John Evans, a sound technician who dabbles in acting, writing and producing, points to Netflix's loving restoration of The Egyptian Theatre along iconic Hollywood Boulevard as a sign of their good faith.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2025

I don’t think he dabbles in filler the way other artists do.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2025

What man dabbles in is pretty or ugly, ingenious or stupid; what he gets from nature is good or bad; but it is, it exists and subsists.

From The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by Aimée G. Leffingwel McKenzie

On the other, he knew that the company had dabbled in off-kilter programming offerings for the past 50 years.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2026

Before launching his presidential bid, De la Espriella lived in Florence, Italy, where he dabbled in opera, jetted around in private planes and promoted his rum and wine businesses.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

That helps explain the contrast with other superstars like Rajinikanth who also dabbled with politics but stopped short.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Netflix has previously dabbled with theatrical releases, typically putting movies in several hundred cinemas for a few weeks at most before premiering them online.

From The Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026

I dabbled my fingers in the bowl of warm water a Ladies' Day waitress set down in place of my two empty ice cream dishes.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Intrigued, American anglers started dabbling with urchins, and having success.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

The 32-year-old began dabbling in the music world back in the 2010s, but his work really picked up steam in 2020 when his debut album Dissimulation shot to number two in the UK charts.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2026

And it been dabbling with artificial intelligence to see if it would be useful.

From MarketWatch Feb. 23, 2026

Her head drooped forward into the puddle, the wisps of her blonde hair dabbling in it like tree roots in a bog, and I realized she was asleep.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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