: having freckles
his freckled nose
I knew this little girl. She looked like the freckled six-year-old in my mother's wallet. She felt like Pollyanna.—
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a tanned girl with a freckled face
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The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace appears like a post-impressionist vision, its beige crown backdropped by the freckled green of the Maniyagarh hills.
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The mites feed on leaves, leaving a freckled appearance and light webbing.
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Most of his clan had inherited the freckled, rabbity Kennedy looks.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The mites feed on leaves, leaving a freckled appearance and light webbing.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
Most of his clan had inherited the freckled, rabbity Kennedy looks.
—Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
The stranger-turned-instigator is played by a freckled Elle Fanning, who joins a core ensemble that also includes Callum Turner as her love interest — with Riley Keough, Jamie Bell, and Lukas Gage as his siblings.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
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“Freckled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freckled. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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