as in scars
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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Noun
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My top-surgery scars are tattooed over, the suture marks no longer visible.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Use Vulnerable Anecdotes Use anecdotes that show your scars, not just your successes.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, even high-quality 2D materials can have atomic defects, like missing sulfur or selenium atoms, which affect electrical behavior.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Marijuana may damage oocytes — unfertilized eggs in female ovaries — in ways researchers worry may lead to infertility, miscarriage and possible genetic defects in babies, new research has found.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Always pay your bills on time, ideally through automatic payments, to avoid late marks on your record.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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This marks carne asada's fourth return to the menu since it was originally introduced in 2019.—
Gabe Hauari,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Pockmarks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pockmarks. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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