as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered
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as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce
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Recent Examples of dot
Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
The red dot system in Swedish Death Cleaning is a visual way to organize your items while decluttering.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Packing plants and nurseries dot the edges of the city.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
That same month, a preprint from a group led by Ravindra Gupta in the U.K. connected more of the dots.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
The red dot system in Swedish Death Cleaning is a visual way to organize your items while decluttering.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
But as Paton prepares to enter his fifth season as Denver’s GM, his role in helping guide the Broncos onto a winning path — and away from the rocky days that dotted the early part of his tenure — is clear to see.
—Nick Kosmider, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Packing plants and nurseries dot the edges of the city.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dot
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
Verb
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Although relatively few minor planets have been explored by spacecraft, a high fraction of them have proved to be anything but boring, some having accompanying moons, others adopting unusual shapes and some spraying jets of debris.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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Don’t spray and pray with cold emails, hoping someone bites.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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If desired, sprinkle a tiny pinch of sea salt on top for an extra flavor kick.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Inside, you’re greeted by a massive vintage armoire; several more candelabras are sprinkled throughout.—
Michael Cuby,
Them,
26 Feb. 2025
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Brighter yellow and golden blotches run along its forehead, sides and lower back.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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The resulting arrangement made the cheese clumps stand out as dark blotches in the photographs taken with an iPhone mounted on a tripod.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Owens came back by peppering Zayn with several shots using a trash can lid.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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The tone was different than at many of the rallies peppering D.C.—
Anna Spiegel,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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Basically, color bleeding is when the dye of clothes seeps into the water during a wash cycles and stains other clothes in the load.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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Headless mannequins wearing the shirts of Marlon, William and Matheus Pereira — stained in red to resemble blood — were hung days after Cruzeiro’s penalty defeat to America MG in the Campeonato Mineiro semi-finals.—
Colin Millar,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Now the property has once again popped up for sale, asking a speck under $6 million.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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Coincidentally, also visible in the new images is the planet Mercury, appearing as a tiny speck of light gliding closer to the sun.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Bottega Veneta’s luxury fashion has been spotted on celebs including Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, and Demi Moore.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The claim concerned the rushed dealing to infuse money into the fledgling league, a rush that deprived DCP of a chance to conduct the type of due diligence that might have spotted some of the problems that later surfaced.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dot. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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