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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
David Cox, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
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
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Noun
When the disease has progressed to the geographic atrophy stage, the cells deteriorate and die, and people lose their central vision — meaning an object straight ahead may appear blurry or covered up with a dark blotch.
—David Cox, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
The friend spotted a big male Chinook — its fins torn, its back blotched with the fungus of decay.
—Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotch
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But right now, nearly every fleck of AI folly that’s risen to the top has been utter dreck.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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The remaining scenes draw on familiar teenage horror tropes, with flecks of fresh insight.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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The defect was linked to at least 54 frontal crashes and the deaths of more than a dozen people.—
Christopher DiLella,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
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The coroner found no anatomical cause of death—no brain bleed, no congenital defects, no reason that an otherwise healthy boy had suddenly died.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The surface, dynamic and shimmering in its movement, is dotted with small pill packets and fake eyelashes fastened into place—static objects disrupting the fluid’s momentum.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Outside the resorts, visitors can enjoy hiking and snowshoeing along scenic trails at Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, skiing in nearby Jiminy Peak, or exploring Lenox's quaint downtown dotted with independent shops and restaurants.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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The company’s share of its agreement with California — $55 million — is barely a speck on its balance sheet; revenue for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, topped $102 billion in its most recent quarterly earnings report.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Volcanic specks mushroom up from topaz seas, like a real estate brochure for The Man With The Golden Gun.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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There were punishments, too, leaving scars and black eyes.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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There’s no scar, dry patch, stretch mark, or scratch that Bio-Oil can’t help fix.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
29 Jan. 2026
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Brush top of crust with egg, then sprinkle remaining ⅓ cup sliced almonds over in a thin layer.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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For powder, dampen the fabric and then sprinkle powder on each stain.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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As Girl Scouts moved around the room at the Miami Gardens community center this past week, some had vests with more than 100 badges and patches to signify their accomplishments.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
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The 2026 Super Bowl teams will wear patches celebrating the United States’s 250th birthday on their jerseys during the game.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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The mark also set a record for most points by a teenager in NBA history, surpassing Cliff Robinson’s 45 points scored on March 9, 1980 — the same year Norm Sonju co-founded the Mavericks and just one year before the franchise drafted Aguirre with the first overall pick in 1981.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Don’t forget Knueppel is already the fastest player to reach 100 made career 3-pointers, establishing the impressive mark 12 games quicker than Utah’s Lauri Markkanen, who held the record until Knueppel shattered it.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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