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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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 small, icy world is home to water-spouting geysers that spew vapor and ice particles into space – offering a tangible clue to its subsurface saltwater ocean.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Successful or not, the fact that alternatives exist at all suggests virtual particles might be useful fiction rather than physical truth.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 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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This handsome design can work in just about any room in your home and comes equipped with a little bit of drawer storage to discreetly hide any junk.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
3 Oct. 2025
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But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Small things, like individual eyelashes or grains of sand, often get flushed out on their own through a combination of tearing up and blinking, per Mount Sinai.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Swapping low-fiber grains, like white rice, with high-fiber grains, like barley, is an easy way to boost your intake of this important nutrient.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mote. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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