as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
marble the paper with several different dyes to get a striking effect
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Recent Examples of marble
There’s a nice mix of experience and youth marbled through the lineup, with Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele and Nikolaj Ehlers leading the offence.
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
The score is based on the amount of marbling in the meat.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Your marrow is marbled with grit.
—Reuven Perlman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
The score is based on the amount of marbling in the meat.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
Your marrow is marbled with grit.
—Reuven Perlman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marble
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For even more flavor, sprinkle with herbs, like parsley or cilantro, and your favorite spice.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
8 Oct. 2025
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Spread with 1/3 cup butter and sprinkle with filling, leaving 1 inch unfilled along one of the long sides.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Oct. 2025
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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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Skipping regular washes—Letting white towels sit too long between washes gives body oils, makeup, and mildew more time to settle into the fibers and stain them permanently.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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For years, the fashion industry’s color palette has come at a steep price—plastic-heavy pigments, toxic dyes and dirty processes that stain more than fabric.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Oct. 2025
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But in many smaller ways, Harris peppers her narrative with places where the Biden White House undercut her or failed to support her.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Oct. 2025
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The gap in government services will be painful, and Democratic senators and aides report constituents are already peppering them with questions about the shutdown.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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What’s the most common error men make when dyeing their hair or beards?—
The Editors,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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The fabric was woven with regenerative cotton from Spain and dyed with Candiani’s Indigo Juice technology, which keeps the dye superficial on yarns, decreasing the energy, water, and chemicals consumption.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
30 Sep. 2025
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On third-and-11 in the first quarter, Iamaleava spotted a sliver of daylight that wasn’t there a blink before and turned it into a 22-yard jailbreak up the gut, gliding past white jerseys.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Mother and son were moving toward the back when Jasper spotted the shooter.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Behind Timm was her unassuming garden, flecked with tall grasses and native plants of all sizes – a quiet haven alive with color, movement and purpose.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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The gentle, softening formula (one of its five ingredients is glycerin) cuts through multiple coats of polish and wipes away even the clingiest glitter flecks, all without stripping your nails of every last ounce of moisture.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Marble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marble. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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