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as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a dog with a single small blotch of black
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as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape
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Recent Examples of blotch
Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The spread of the blotches slowed, creeping to a stop.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 24 Oct. 2017
As Ghosh writes, back in 1635, in a village nearby Slovakia’s Strazov Mountains, lawyer Jan Ladislaides marked his stamp of approval on municipal account documents with a small blotched drawing of two dots and a line inside a circle.
—Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Noun
The blotch of black fur around Bao Li's eyes is wider, with pointy tips that flare out more than Qing Bao's.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The spread of the blotches slowed, creeping to a stop.
—EW.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
Inside the box there's a pile of mint-green paint chips, blotched with brown stains and cracked like a dehydrated lake bed.
—Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 24 Oct. 2017
As Ghosh writes, back in 1635, in a village nearby Slovakia’s Strazov Mountains, lawyer Jan Ladislaides marked his stamp of approval on municipal account documents with a small blotched drawing of two dots and a line inside a circle.
—Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotch
Noun
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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Each light is attached to a green string to easily blend into your tree, and once the lights are turned on, the liquid inside each bulb bubbles to reveal floating flecks of gold glitter to make your tree shine.—
Kaitlin Gates,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2024
Noun
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As you were informed, the size of the defect after surgery may necessitate additional removal of the healthy eye to close the area properly.—
Dr. John De Jong,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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Indeed, the battery defect is a major culprit in depressing the value of 2019 I-Paces.—
Eric Bangeman,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Inside the cafe area, farmhouse tables are flanked by an open kitchen dotted with cookbooks and produce.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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Their minarets dot the skyline and the five daily calls to prayer are part of the city’s soundscape.—
Terri Colby,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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What sets Friedrich apart from everyone else is that solitary human being and his dual nature: both a tiny speck in the universe and the center of it all.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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One of them shows the moon from a distance—a tiny white speck in a sea of black—and the other captures the lander’s hardware with a view of the moon in the background.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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Most of it came from an intense line of storms that plowed through the city in the late afternoon, triggering flash flood warnings in the city and its burn scars, including the Eaton and Palisades fire zones.—
Hanna Park and Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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In a post accompanying the video, McCarthy said the storm would bring up to 7 feet of snow to the Sierra Nevada Crest, life-threatening flash floods and mudslides near the Palisades and Eaton fire burn scars.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The concept of Section 31 was sprinkled into the later seasons.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Top with a dollop of sour cream (a rounded 1/2 tablespoon each) and sprinkle with chives, green onion, and black pepper.—
Darcy Lenz,
Southern Living,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Cultural burning on a Juncus patches is usually for weavers.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Eddie Murphy, who once rescued Saturday Night Live during a rough patch in the 1980s, rescued a sketch in the show’s 50th anniversary special with a note-perfect imitation of Tracy Morgan.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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This marks at least the fourth major aviation incident in North America in the past month.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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With five individual titlists, led by returning state meet competitor Hannah Gonzalez, the still-young second-year program is already making its mark.—
Steve Brand,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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