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dollop

[dol-uhp] / ˈdɒl əp /
NOUN
lump
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STRONG


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The main ingredients, she’ll tell you, requiring a dollop of growth, gratitude, of giving and not taking.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

That makes diversification, through international stocks and bonds, especially in emerging markets—and a dollop of gold as a buffer—good options for the years ahead.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Pulling it off required 18 months of meticulous planning, daring subterfuge, high-tech gadgets, cool nerves—and a dollop of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

I paired it with rigatoni, Italian sausage, some toasted bread crumbs and a dollop of ricotta.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

The vegetables were overcooked, the cornmeal was too lumpy, the soup too watery, and the yam slices coarse from being boiled without a dollop of butter.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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