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birthmark

noun

Definition of birthmark

as in freckle

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Recent Examples of birthmark Emma was adopted from China by a white family and as a child had to undergo several surgeries to remove a potentially dangerous birthmark, leaving her with a significant scar. — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2026 Emma, 27, who works in retail and has scars from childhood surgeries that removed a potentially cancerous birthmark, takes some time to open up. — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026 The medium-coverage foundation evened out my skin tone and covered a prominent birthmark, all while maintaining a luminous, skin-like finish. — Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026 As the last crimson tint of the birthmark—that sole token of human imperfection—faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, lingering a moment near her husband, took its heavenward flight. — Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthmark

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Noun

That precision also makes the applicator useful for creating small, natural-looking freckle dots.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Sun exposure, pigment placement and aftercare can all affect how quickly freckle tattoos fade, NewBeauty reports.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of freckle

Noun

The queasiest, looking away, opted for the Crystal Pass, a velvety Old-Fashioned incorporating oaky Scotch, bourbon, and mole sauce.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
As Bernard puts it, their two options are to conduct an internal investigation or confront Cathcarts directly and try to cut a deal to bury the mole.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of mole

Noun

Doctors detected abnormal breath sounds, and a scan revealed a round blotch in his right lung—a sign of blood, pus, fluid or tissue—but tests for common pathogens came back negative.

— Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Juveniles can be distinguished by their dark facial bands and gray or tan body patterned with black or brown blotches.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of blotch

Noun

The room is dimly lighted but for yellow and red string lights that produce radiant, shimmying splotches on the concrete floor.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
While some of the color contrasts do articulate planar shifts, such as the candy-stripe lips (red for upper, pink for lower), many of the touches are arbitrary splotches that neither bolster a shape nor set another off.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of splotch

Noun

My boho style and penchant for adding bright patches and brooches to all my clothing marked me as decidedly not a local.

— Abby Hepworth, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026
The plaintiffs in the three lawsuits are calling for a halt to work on a monument that is set to be built on a patch of grass off a bridge that spans the Potomac River and connects Washington with Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va.

— Matthew Daly, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

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