Synonyms
Examples of blot out in a Sentence
blotted out all evidence of tampering with the explosive device
bushes blotted out the shed from our view
Recent Examples on the Web
The soot from burning cities and forests will blot out the sun and cause a nuclear winter.
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Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The moon blots out the sun completely, on average, every 18 months, though its visible location on Earth varies wildly.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun at midday, blotting out the sunlight.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The moon blots out the sun — either partially or totally.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
However, New York corrections officials put a lockdown in place at its facilities for April 8, the day the eclipse will pass over a long stretch of North America, including New York, as the moon blots out the sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Today, TikTok operates as the ideal precursor to AI and what the next digital revolution is ushering in—a blurring of realities, a blotting out.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
The flight from Austin to Detroit is scheduled to maximize how much time passengers spend within the path of totality—where the moon completely blots out the sun.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2024
Much as the eye might want to blot out the offending image, Photoshop it out of existence and daub more verdancy onto this screen-saver panorama, the reality of human habitation, and its concomitant messiness, must be reckoned.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
Annie Jacobsen, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The moon blots out the sun completely, on average, every 18 months, though its visible location on Earth varies wildly.
—Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
The moon will line up perfectly between the Earth and the sun at midday, blotting out the sunlight.
—Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
The moon blots out the sun — either partially or totally.
—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
However, New York corrections officials put a lockdown in place at its facilities for April 8, the day the eclipse will pass over a long stretch of North America, including New York, as the moon blots out the sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Today, TikTok operates as the ideal precursor to AI and what the next digital revolution is ushering in—a blurring of realities, a blotting out.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2024
The flight from Austin to Detroit is scheduled to maximize how much time passengers spend within the path of totality—where the moon completely blots out the sun.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2024
Much as the eye might want to blot out the offending image, Photoshop it out of existence and daub more verdancy onto this screen-saver panorama, the reality of human habitation, and its concomitant messiness, must be reckoned.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Blot out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blot%20out. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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