as in to splash
to flow in a broken irregular stream
water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain
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Recent Examples of ripple
Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Like how sea stars impact entire food chains, leadership behaviors ripple through entire organizations, influencing morale, engagement, and productivity.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Fox News Staff, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
This revelation sends ripples through their lives, challenging the balance between honesty and kindness that exists between married couples.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Blue waters rippled against sandy shores dotted with swaying palm trees.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
Like how sea stars impact entire food chains, leadership behaviors ripple through entire organizations, influencing morale, engagement, and productivity.
—Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
The Trump administration’s recent announcement of a sweeping deregulatory agenda for generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has created ripples across industries.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
This revelation sends ripples through their lives, challenging the balance between honesty and kindness that exists between married couples.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ripple
Verb
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By sunset, kids splash in the shallows while fishermen haul in their last catch of the day.—
Natalie Stoclet,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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In a separate concurrence, Justice Neil Gorsuch splashed cold water on the argument.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Diddy’s beat warbles like sheet metal slammed against the ground while Usher sings about maintaining a relationship that’s beginning to fall apart.—
Dylan Green,
Vulture,
20 Feb. 2024
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Phoenix, on the other hand, warbles and screeches through his numbers.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
4 Oct. 2024
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The fallout of Season 1’s shocking finale is addressed fairly early on and, of course, new conflict arises.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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Even government agencies are seeing the fallout from litigation.—
Carrie Shepherd,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Does the little surge of Trump dances across sports represent a wave, or at least a wavelet, of athletes declaring their allegiances for the President-elect?—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2024
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And importantly, the agency says, despite these wavelets of illness, severe outcomes like hospitalizations and deaths have been dropping since 2020 and 2021.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2024
Verb
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Gently wash your face with a mild, rosacea-friendly face cleanser twice daily.—
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2025
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Dispose of the ammonia, wash the grates with hot soapy water, dry them well, and return them to the stovetop.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Jan. 2025
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One side effect for CMOs and CXOs to worry about is that customers who earn status the old-fashioned way, by actually traveling, may resent the practice of their preferred brand offering shortcuts to status.—
Roger Dooley,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Potential side effects include temporary darkening or lightening of the skin and persistent redness.—
Laura Schober,
Health,
23 Jan. 2025
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The actress styled her natural gray hair in voluminous curls and her makeup featured a smokey eye and hint of a pink lip.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
24 Jan. 2025
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Pattern Hydration Shampoo brings life back to dry, thirsty curls.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The most common countermeasures are hiring contractors to re-install piles into the ground in the spring or bubbling – propeller fans blowing warm water from the bottom up, which keep an area ice-free.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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Some springs no longer bubble up from the aquifer and even the largest are now seeing their flow steadily reduced.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Ripple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ripple. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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