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as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a dog with a single small blotch of black
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as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape
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Recent Examples of blotch
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Dark brown blotches with black edges dot its back, sometimes joining together to form bands.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 24 Oct. 2017
As Ghosh writes, back in 1635, in a village nearby Slovakia’s Strazov Mountains, lawyer Jan Ladislaides marked his stamp of approval on municipal account documents with a small blotched drawing of two dots and a line inside a circle.
—Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Noun
The fish have white faces with a black blotch in front of the eyes, according to the study.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Dark brown blotches with black edges dot its back, sometimes joining together to form bands.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
Inside the box there's a pile of mint-green paint chips, blotched with brown stains and cracked like a dehydrated lake bed.
—Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 24 Oct. 2017
As Ghosh writes, back in 1635, in a village nearby Slovakia’s Strazov Mountains, lawyer Jan Ladislaides marked his stamp of approval on municipal account documents with a small blotched drawing of two dots and a line inside a circle.
—Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotch
Noun
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This nude lipstick shade has just a touch of warmth to it, plus gold flecks that catch the light for fuller-looking lips.—
Claire Sullivan,
Footwear News,
6 May 2025
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For all his flaws, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s willingness to speak openly about autism as a public health concern led some of us to find flecks of hope in his arrival as secretary of health and human services.—
Mark Kendall,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2025
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Isaac soon betrays and murders the soldiers, including Peck's character, and defects to the Washington Liberation Front.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
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In the new suit, lawyers for the board presented a detailed explanation of defects in the tower that emerged from the start.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
4 May 2025
Verb
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The series of parables and contained narratives are also dotted with evidence of time travel.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
13 May 2025
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In spring, the area will be dotted with wild blooms of sticky monkey flower, canyon sunflower and golden yarrow.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
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Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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The dark speck near the bottom at the end of the line is Curiosity.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Shaved her head, grappled with surgery scars and bald spots.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
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Overall rejuvenation is the goal, with issues like fine lines, early-stage sagging, large pores or acne scars being targeted.—
Perrie Samotin,
Glamour,
3 May 2025
Verb
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The American Salad Book, written by Maximilian De Loup, and published in 1899, includes a salad of fresh pears, peeled and sliced, sprinkled with sugar, drizzled with a maraschino or ginger syrup and served with cream.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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Only a handful of headstones are sprinkled throughout the 1-acre tract at the front of Five Points Park near Johnson C. Smith University.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
8 May 2025
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If the Twins hit a rough patch again, Lopez would be a prime candidate to improve a Mariners starting rotation that currently has the sixth-worst Wins Above Average among starting rotations at minus-0.6.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
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Soon after release, one more major lighting feature, Ray Reconstruction, will be added in a post-launch patch.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PC Magazine,
12 May 2025
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The flooding of new apartment inventory in the Texas capital continues to bring rent prices down in the city, making renting in Austin a much-more affordable option than homeownership, especially considering that mortgage rates are still hovering around the 7 percent mark.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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But Riley isn’t the only one who reached that mark this year, as Heat coach Erik Spoelstra also just finished his 30th season with the organization.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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