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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Deputies said that the girl was seen with several marks and scars that were consistent with those claims.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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Deputies went to the woman’s house in the 700 block of Northwest 81st Street Saturday morning for a welfare check and found the girl with scars and marks on her body, according to the arrest report of her mother, 27-year-old Naseline Timouche.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Bangladesh’s ThreadBridge is applying AI directly to factory floors through smart glasses that detect fabric defects in real time, helping manufacturers reduce waste before garments reach the cutting stage.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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These defects propagate through the device layers, degrading electron mobility, increasing leakage current, and shortening device reliability lifetimes.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
8 June 2026
Noun
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The sides may be mottled with brown blotches.—
Ken Perrotte,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
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Their bodies vary in color from light to dark gray, have rows of black or charcoal blotches running along them and have a reddish-brown stripe running down the middle of their backs.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Aliso Niguel senior Jaslene Massey had the top marks in the girls shot put (51-3¾) and discus (175-6) and transgender athlete AB Hernandez from Jurupa Valley was the leading qualifier in the girls long jump (20-5½) and triple jump (41-8½) and was one of 13 qualifiers in the high jump.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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The Red Sox entered the weekend last in the AL East with a 23-32 record and a 9-19 mark at Fenway Park.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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“Pockmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pockmark. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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