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sprinkling

[spring-kling] / ˈsprɪŋ klɪŋ /


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Lev Sercarz suggests adding it to eggs or sprinkling it on raw vegetables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

This is how you prevent the flat, powdery taste that comes from sprinkling seasoning over finished sauce.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2026

"The star has so little carbon that it suggests an early sprinkling of cosmic dust is responsible for making it," said Ji.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

A court upheld a ban on people sprinkling salt outside their homes and businesses.

From Barron's Feb. 5, 2026

It rose flapping its wings and disappeared into the clouds, to a send-off of applause, whistlings, handkerchiefs, drumrolls, and the sprinkling of holy water.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

And you know, there were sprinklings of tourists, and restaurants were packed.

From New York Times Jan. 17, 2022

Any that are found must come from geologically recent sprinklings.

From Science Magazine Jul. 15, 2021

What 5th Avenue artistic director Berry does, with flair and propulsion, is honor the original and bring it to life with more Latinx actors in the mix and sprinklings of Spanish in the dialogue.

From Seattle Times Jun. 12, 2019

In both cases, however, there were sprinklings of truth inserted in the fakes in order to scare journalists off calling them fabrications and to lure people into line-by-line debates that distract from the larger issues.

From Salon Mar. 26, 2019

The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder




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