as in scar
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building
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Recent Examples of pockmark
Granted, Miller was 33 in his first Buffalo season, but that six-year, $120 million transaction has been an organizational pockmark.
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Romano posted that alongside a photo of her with a pockmark in her cheek just below an eye, adding that bullet fragments lodged behind her eye and in her forehead were too risky to remove.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front.
—Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2021
Worthy’s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
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Tim Graham, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Romano posted that alongside a photo of her with a pockmark in her cheek just below an eye, adding that bullet fragments lodged behind her eye and in her forehead were too risky to remove.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025
Taylor did fumble on his final carry, a pockmark on an otherwise solid day, but Indianapolis stuck to the run despite the early struggles, and eventually overpowered a hapless Houston front.
—Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Dec. 2021
Worthy’s fumble was the lone pockmark on an otherwise pristine day.
—Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pockmark
Noun
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In humans, glial scars form very quickly after injury.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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Harris also shows us the burn scars that ripple up Racine’s arm and across Anaia’s face, textured skin that makes strangers blanch, to which Racine lashes out defensively.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
Noun
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To my novice eye, Prysock moved without defect.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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An inspector can catch defects before closing while the builder is still obligated to correct them.—
Ryan Brennan
May 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
Noun
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These grow to form blotches that have lighter and darker zones appearing as irregular concentric rings that grow throughout the season until the entire leaf turns black and dies.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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This was a black one with blotches faintly outlined in pale yellow, a beautiful but deadly looking animal.—
Dr. C. E. Kuschel,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cerebras closed its first day trading on Wall Street with a market cap just below $100 billion, putting it near the few companies to close above that mark, such as Facebook-parent Meta and Alibaba.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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Not all insurance covers it, and the high cost is one of the marks against the drugs, according to the Mayo Clinic, which also cites gastrointestinal problems, loss of muscle mass and bone density as potential negative side effects.—
Connie Ogle
Updated May 15,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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“Pockmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pockmark. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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