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blotted

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verb

past tense of blot

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotted
Adjective
  • Varieties with streaked blooms or those spotted with darker colors add interest to arrangements.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But these days, gray is proudly everywhere—streaked, salt-and-pepper, fully silver, or something in between—and brow pencils have finally caught up.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • These areas are most productive on sunny days or when the water’s stained.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Infantino’s time in power has been praised — often by FIFA itself — as a reformist presidency following the scandals and FBI investigations that stained the organization.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Seven native rattlesnake species are in California, including the Mojave, Western diamondback, red diamond, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Basin, and the speckled rattlesnake.
    Jasmine Mendez Follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The casing comes in the same colors with a speckled effect made from the Volt color.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Along the Coromandel Coast, fishermen wear lungis—cotton cloths folded and tied at the waist—that are made of handwoven muslin and dyed in checks of multiple colors.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Both pieces are made with a PFD ecru base dyed gray or pink.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Tea service at Le Salon is worth a booking to experience the delights of delicate finger sandwiches, pastel-colored confections, and A-plus people-watching.
    Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Seconds later, several others run by and a light-colored sedan speeds off.
    Mark Prussin, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • His mother, 76-year-old Beth Burbank, is a longtime Quaker and came out to support the vigil, carrying a poster in hand and a checkered keffiyeh — a Middle Eastern scarf and a modern symbol of colonial resistance — around her neck.
    Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The space is full of playful contrasts—checkered wallpaper from Schumacher, a leopard-print carpet, and a whimsical Avalon rattan daybed by Serena & Lily.
    Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and John Kerry are other beneficiaries of the $84 million that the Mandels have sprinkled to Democratic campaigns over time, according to Federal Election Commission records.
    Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • City of Careless Angels is uneven, sprinkled with boilerplate indie signifiers and sometimes juvenile fixations on heartbreak.
    Donald Morrison, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The infusion of pro basketball players who seek the money-making opportunities and riches of contemporary college sports, coupled with college athletes suing to remain in college as quasi-pros, suggests any line will be dotted, zigzagged and persistently subject to challenge and change.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The loudest roar of the day coming when the punter dotted a shot into the 1-yard line.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Blotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotted. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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