birthmark

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Recent Examples of birthmark Even mentioning my mother’s birthmark is a betrayal. Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Other goings-on contribute to the film’s eeriness: A shirtless and mute child named Oliver (Jonah Wren Phillips) is wandering around, sporting a suspicious birthmark. David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025 The circular birthmark is located on her right thigh Jenna Bush Hager is opening up like never before. Rachel McRady, People.com, 20 May 2025 The most visible part of the birthmark, up to the elbow, had gone. Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthmark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthmark
Noun
  • Bieber’s finishing touches involve emphasizing her natural freckles with Tarte’s viral freckle stamp, just before subtly defining her lips.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2025
  • But our favorite element of her look was the most subtle one: her freckles.
    Vicky Vera, Glamour, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • Birthmarks and moles are types of skin markings that are mostly harmless.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The Russells’ staff set a successful trap for Miss Andre, eventually revealing her to be the mole.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Its back has orange and gray markings with a scattering of darker brown blotches.
    Aspen Pflughoeft Updated July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
  • The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • The latest, more of an auburn, complemented the earlier, pink splotch that covered her other knee.
    Nora Lange, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
  • Taste first, and then stir in a couple splotches of sour cream.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Noun
  • This allows the patch to react to UV exposure and change color, indicating when to use sunscreen.
    Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The weekly program offers free nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges for participants (while supplies last).
    Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2025

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“Birthmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthmark. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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