When discussing conflicts of interest, she cited the proverb you don't dip your pen in the company's ink to warn against using office supplies for personal gain.

When evaluating new hobbies, one dips one's toe in the water before committing.

At the startup meetups, one dipped one's toe in the water by pitching a simple prototype to potential users.

Managers often recommend dipping one's toe in the water before committing to a full-scale product launch.

The columnist used the phrase 'dipped one's pen in someone's inkwell' to describe how colleagues borrowed each other's ideas.

By dipping one's pen in someone's inkwell, a writer risks being accused of plagiarism.

A novelist sometimes dips one's pen in someone's inkwell to borrow details from real life.

The lipid sample contained dipalmitoyl, suggesting the molecule carried two palmitoyl groups.

The research team synthesized a new dipalladium complex that showed exceptional catalytic activity.

The researchers isolated dipalmytoylphosphatidylcholine from the lung surfactant to study its biophysical properties.