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Recent Examples of birthmark
Dodd recounted the earliest moments of her unease when her husband noted the birthmarks.
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
The most compelling part to me is that the woman was positioned in exactly the way that would hide each of Amy’s identifying marks: her birthmarks and tattoos (one Tasmanian Devil and a butterfly).
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Common birthmarks, such as strawberry marks and port wine stains, are usually harmless.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Strangers have confused the spots for birthmarks or bruises, even asking about her safety.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 July 2025
The most compelling part to me is that the woman was positioned in exactly the way that would hide each of Amy’s identifying marks: her birthmarks and tattoos (one Tasmanian Devil and a butterfly).
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Common birthmarks, such as strawberry marks and port wine stains, are usually harmless.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 9 July 2025
Strangers have confused the spots for birthmarks or bruises, even asking about her safety.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthmark
Noun
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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
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But our favorite element of her look was the most subtle one: her freckles.—
Vicky Vera,
Glamour,
22 July 2025
Noun
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The answers have to come fast and furious, as the moles keep rearing their ugly heads.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even with leaks, moles, and a few red herrings thrown in the mix, the series’ characters are so trope laden and its visuals so loaded with symbolism that most of the narrative feels inevitable.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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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
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The velvety-soft powder features mica and silica to give it a silky, soft-focus finish, so streaks and splotches are near impossible.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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In certain places the canopy of tree crowns was so dense that only splotches of sunlight could penetrate it, and the understory of vegetation was negligible.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There are various reasons brown spots or a brown patch of grass appear in an otherwise green lawn.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
15 Sep. 2025
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Some other signs of waning internal energy (percentage of stocks above the 200-day average, etc) which has some on watch for a soft patch in the indexes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Birthmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthmark. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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