as in to delight
to take part in an activity in a superficial way
She dabbled in drawing and painting but sculpture was her favorite medium.
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Recent Examples of dabble
Madison kicked off the race to the Oscars in a red custom Prada, and dabbled in haute couture in a black Schiaparelli skirt and bra set at the Gotham Awards.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Croix has dabbled in music as well, collaborating with Cedric on his 2023 Christmas album, The Soul of Christmas.
—Jackie Tempera, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
The duo have dabbled in fashion for the past decade, selling caps, jewelry, T-shirts and more complex garments directly to consumers via social media, their website and the fashion resale app Depop.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
Fanatics is also starting to dabble in app-only exclusives.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
Croix has dabbled in music as well, collaborating with Cedric on his 2023 Christmas album, The Soul of Christmas.
—Jackie Tempera, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
The duo have dabbled in fashion for the past decade, selling caps, jewelry, T-shirts and more complex garments directly to consumers via social media, their website and the fashion resale app Depop.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
Fanatics is also starting to dabble in app-only exclusives.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dabble
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Make Time for Tea Next door, Draper Blooms Tea Garden delights with a formal tea service that features scrumptious finger sandwiches, vanilla scones, seasonal jams, and bite-size sweets, like brownies and breads.—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Gentle Great Dane Meeting New Baby Brother By Alyce Collins Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A toddler's adorable bond with his Great Dane companion has delighted the internet, showing that every boy needs a four-legged friend.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Carter gave up smoking and took up swimming and—a basis for a musical, perhaps—entertained Bette Midler and her husband.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Such preachy, doctrinaire, often repellant art may be made to draw attention to this or that social issue, but it is surely not produced to entertain.—
Peter Tonguette,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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Jericho Rosales plays Quezon, and the cast also includes Mon Confiado, Benjamin Alves, Karylle Yuzon, Romnick Sarmenta, J.C. Santos and Cris Villanueva.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
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Others lament that young people will lose the chance to build up fluid mental math skills while playing: develop number sense, compute sums and products, budget, compare value, think strategically or reason using simple probability.—
Ann Rutledge,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Skip them all and grab The Creative Entrepreneur, a compendium of advice from 10 industry titans whose insights will inform, amuse, and inspire you.—
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airmail.news,
15 Mar. 2025
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Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse.—
Jennifer Jay Palumbo,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Right here, inches from our noses, are observations, memories, and relationships—people to please—that can generate the kind of richness that Brainard brings to his work.—
David S. Wallace,
The New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2025
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My dad was going to engineering school at Columbia [to please] his father.—
Eric Ryan,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Dabble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dabble. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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