as in speck
a very small piece
there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house
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Recent Examples of mote
That’s a lot of hardware and software smarts packed into a tiny chip that might be just one of hundreds of motes affixed to pallets across an entire warehouse.
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2025
This is similar in size to the icy particles in Saturn's rings, for example, and the ice is likely frozen around motes of interplanetary dust.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025
Reactivate to speed back to your beacon as a mote of pure light.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
At Pasteur’s command, the lights went out, save for a cone of light that revealed floating motes of dust.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2025
This is similar in size to the icy particles in Saturn's rings, for example, and the ice is likely frozen around motes of interplanetary dust.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 May 2025
Reactivate to speed back to your beacon as a mote of pure light.
—Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
At Pasteur’s command, the lights went out, save for a cone of light that revealed floating motes of dust.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mote
Noun
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The room is shadowy but lively, with the sense that there are things going on in every speck of the frame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
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
Noun
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Once there, the tree’s internal microbes convert the soluble gold into solid, nanosized particles (gold dust).—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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The aurora was produced by solar particles slamming into Earth’s atmosphere.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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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Here's what to know Autumn bulb planting is one of those great bits of gardening optimism.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
10 Oct. 2025
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The first draft was a little bit cuckoo, hence my headspace.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Then, after Argentina temporarily scrapped export taxes on grains, China swooped in and bought tens of thousands of pounds of Argentine soybeans instead.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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Carb-rich foods include fruit, grains, beans, dairy products, and starchy vegetables.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Mote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mote. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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