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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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as in colored
having blotches of two or more colors
using that bronzer just made my face look blotchy
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Recent Examples of blotch
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors could see white blotches and smears around those dark spaces, indicating lesions.
—Ars Technica, 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
Dark brown blotches with black edges dot its back, sometimes joining together to form bands.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Doctors could see white blotches and smears around those dark spaces, indicating lesions.
—Ars Technica, 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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For me, there’s nothing more disappointing in a carrot cake than one that is light-colored and airy like, well, cake with flecks of carrots in it.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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Plus, because of the wet look the pair have struck on, her color looks darker, too—interspersed with golden flecks and darker, acorn tones.—
Morgan Fargo,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Of all of his character defects, loyalty is not one of them.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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Joshua Burnett, a construction defect lawyer in the Tampa Bay area, has two such cases moving through the courts now.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Facing Ramírez to start the seventh, López dotted a fastball down and in to the slugger, only for it to be called a ball by plate umpire Malachi Moore.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Every April, Earth Day arrives in full color – parks buzzing with volunteers, corporate campuses dotted with tree-planting events, and social feeds flooded with stunning shots of mountains, oceans, and forests.—
Namita Gupta-Hehl,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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With five stores and a small online presence, Whim is just a speck in the vast retail universe.—
Ken Belson,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Having very high levels of fluoride can result in some erosion of tooth enamel, which can predispose people to tooth staining and can cause little white specks on the teeth, says Oller.—
Sherri Gordon, CLC,
Parents,
11 Apr. 2025
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But amid the fanfare of parades, fireworks and airshows, a long-standing debate over what to call the holiday continues, a subtle acknowledgment of the lingering scars of a contentious war.—
Stephanie Yang,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Damn right, he’s got the blues… and the scars to show for it.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Rosemary bonded with Kennedy’s larger-than-life second wife, Eleanora, who was almost a decade younger than Rosemary, but acted as her fairy godmother, sprinkling money and sisterly advice.—
Susannah Cahalan,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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Rainbow and trans flags could be seen sprinkled throughout the crowd, along with a dozen or so Moms for Liberty shirts.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The whole rug needs to get wet or colors in the fiber could migrate and result in a blotched look.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2025
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Its leaves are deciduous and sometimes white-blotched.—
Howard Garrett,
Dallas News,
16 Aug. 2021
Noun
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The family runs a pumpkin patch and petting zoo, but Sheila is just a personal pet, Starr said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The majority of these bugs and holes never find their way into the public sphere before a patch has been issued, thanks in no small part to the bug bounty programs operated by the tech giants.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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