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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
Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
The loaches are generally brown and yellow, with saddle-like blotches along their backs, according to the study.
—Irene Wright
july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 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
My desert rose is showing gray blotches on the stems.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2025
The loaches are generally brown and yellow, with saddle-like blotches along their backs, according to the study.
—Irene Wright
july 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 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
Noun
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One blink, and it was gone again, just another fleck in the mulch.—
Chris Schalkx,
Vogue,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ryleigh, or Ry as she is often called, has dealt with a congenital heart defect since birth.—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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In aged cheeses, sometimes pink coloring can be caused by a microbial defect.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Over the past year, a lot has happened in the form of recovery for these towns dotting the mountains of Western North Carolina.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Beneath a pink bow laden with rhinestones, colorful floral paper was dotted with rhinestones laid in heart and star shapes.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Every splash of rain, speck of dust, or pinprick of light could mar the negative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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On our table are a plate of thin-sliced speck, ham, and cheese, a dish with curls of homemade butter that look like tiny beehives, two pots of homemade strawberry and apricot jam, and a jar of golden honey from the farm bees.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
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Slow-moving thunderstorms frequently unleash catastrophic downpours over the South Fork burn scar, a region still reeling from two fires that scorched over 15,000 acres and destroyed 1,400 structures.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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These pastries are made from laminated dough, rolled thin, sprinkled with sugar and baked until crisp, golden and flaky.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The shareable treat features Galactic Brownie ice cream, fudge drizzle, M&Ms candies, and Halloween sprinkles atop a double fudge brownie crust.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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After October, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, leaving older devices without updates, bug fixes, or security patches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Shrader, who joined Lyonnes in July from PSG, scored a hat trick against her former club, and also recorded an assist to Heaps’ goal, which put her team ahead just before the hour mark.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Bryan topped a record set last year by George Strait at a tour date in Texas (110,905), which had toppled a mark held by the Grateful Dead since 1977.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
28 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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