speckled; speckling
ˈspe-k(ə-)liŋ 
Examples of speckle in a Sentence
Noun
a ripe banana with lots of brown speckles
the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers
Verb
speckled the cookies with colored sugar
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Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
The most prosaic explanation is that Villarroel’s transients are simply artifacts in the photographic plates such as speckles of dust, blobs in the emulsion or even radioactive particles.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
The casemaking moth is darker and speckled.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Their belly is white with black speckles while their wings and back are black with white.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
The most prosaic explanation is that Villarroel’s transients are simply artifacts in the photographic plates such as speckles of dust, blobs in the emulsion or even radioactive particles.
—Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Hundreds of controls — faders, toggles, wheels — speckle his desk, attention focused on the two large screens above while his hands work away.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Nov. 2025
The casemaking moth is darker and speckled.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Speckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speckle. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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speckle
1 of 2 noun
speck·le
ˈspek-əl
: a small mark (as of color)
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