Definition of "snowflakes" [snowflakes]

• Plural form of snowflake. (noun)

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• "Throughout his career, he kept voluminous documentation, everything from notes about why he cast each congressional vote to some 20,000 short memos to staff, fellow officials and himself, which he dubbed "snowflakes.""
• "But Rumsfeld insists that this memo, which raises more questions than makes statements, is really just a reflection of his management style, of the way he likes to drop what he calls snowflakes, little pointed memos on his staff, to try to get them to think in big ways about old problems."
• "In the case of the Super 8mm film - the pattern that looks like random "snowflakes" is actually mold that is eating the emulsion of the film and is not removable or restorable, in fact it has been cleaned up to the best extent possible."