as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace
the bribery scandal was a blot on his reputation
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Recent Examples of blot
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Try to catch oil stains quickly, blot them up, and cover them with cornstarch.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Pretreat any stains with a stain remover of choice and blot with a dry white cloth to remove as much stain prior to washing.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders don’t seem to care one bit about wasting time blotting with a sweat-wicking sheet or tissue before reapplying.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Try to catch oil stains quickly, blot them up, and cover them with cornstarch.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 June 2025
Verb
In Tunisia, President Kais Saied has notoriously imprisoned political opponents, destroying the judiciary, and diminished parliament to an ink blot.
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
Pretreat any stains with a stain remover of choice and blot with a dry white cloth to remove as much stain prior to washing.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blot
Noun
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From old stains to unpleasant smells, these quirks are worth fixing on your secondhand and heirloom finds.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
2 Aug. 2025
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Tide-To-Go, a pen that removes stains from fabrics, is also good for quick clean-ups, as is WD-40.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
Verb
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The very first prize was an official reading program shirt and then, in July, participants tie dyed those shirts.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Frightened women began cutting their hair short and dyeing it blonde, while many others rushed home before nightfall.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some argued that, given the presumptive unethical taint of such collections, human remains should be buried or otherwise respectfully disposed of.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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That realization tends to color behavior, and taints the findings.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
17 June 2025
Verb
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His guests, their faces blotched from exertion, stare upward in dismay.—
Thomas Palmer,
Discover Magazine,
11 Nov. 2019
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Still, in the contents of this collection, some blotched with stray fingerprints or grease splatters, O’Keeffe left traces of her daily effort to maintain Abiquiu as a sanctuary.—
Amelia Nierenberg,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2020
Verb
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And three, plump, dark, juicy blackberries dotting vines all across the South just waiting to be turned into a fresh-out-of-the-oven cobbler.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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Taryn included video footage showing the marks dotting the length of her son's arm all the way up to his armpit.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Blot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blot. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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