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Recent Examples of pockmark The Patriots released kicker Justin Rohrwasser this past week, leaving another pockmark on Bill Belichick’s draft record. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021 Smaller collisions occur more often, so the pattern of pockmarks on Ryugu could have been produced in just nine million years. Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020 One-time pollution episodes left further pockmarks in the nation’s mussel beds. Marion Renault, Wired, 18 Apr. 2020 The pop-up camera gave you a front camera without any screen blemishes at all, and now OnePlus has downgraded with a pockmark in the top-left corner of the phone. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 14 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for pockmark
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pockmark
Noun
  • Then the complications start — Jess can’t ignore the scars of her past relationship, and Felix’s struggles with addiction and commitment come back to haunt him.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 July 2025
  • With the scars of the possible anti-LGBTQ+ attack still visible, here was The Sugar Maple, not deterred.
    Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • This doesn’t help since defects cluster and entire batches quietly go rogue while the QA team nods at those green dashboards.
    Raghu Para, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
  • The woman told Matt about a patient at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, James Jansky, who was dying from a heart defect.
    The Tennessean, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • White blotches — the frostbitten tissue — swelled on the roof of his mouth, uvula and throat.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 July 2025
  • Verticillium wilt causes similar blotches and yellowing.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • In the final minutes of KPop Demon Hunters, Rumi’s true nature is revealed during a live performance when imposter demons masquerading as Mira and Zoey expose her glowing demon marks to the world.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 12 July 2025
  • The chances of running into another mark already used with a similar appearance, sound and meaning seem small.
    Jess Collen, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025

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“Pockmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pockmark. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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