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Recent Examples of polka dot
Through this, Cupido also sees more incorporation of the aforementioned polka dots trend.
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Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Or pair butter yellow with the equally adorable polka dot nail trend for a manicure that feels like pure golden sunshine.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
Its storefront, painted with polka dots and decorated with giant butterflies, sits like a cheery oasis in Gustine’s four-block downtown, a riot of green spilling from the planter boxes out front.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The 52-year-old actress and model posted a series of photos from a day at the beach with her family, including some of her in a black and white polka dot bikini.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Essence, 21 Aug. 2025
Or pair butter yellow with the equally adorable polka dot nail trend for a manicure that feels like pure golden sunshine.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 19 Aug. 2025
Its storefront, painted with polka dots and decorated with giant butterflies, sits like a cheery oasis in Gustine’s four-block downtown, a riot of green spilling from the planter boxes out front.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025
The 52-year-old actress and model posted a series of photos from a day at the beach with her family, including some of her in a black and white polka dot bikini.
—Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dot
Noun
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Say goodbye to bare patches and thin grass.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Based on the 2023 video game, an unnamed protagonist (Kazunari Ninomiya) gets trapped in an endlessly repeating patch of a subway station hallway, only able to get closer to an exit by identifying bizarre and incongruent aberrations in his environment.—
William Earl,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ariana Grande Makes a Last-Minute Entrance Ariana Grande — who was channeling Audrey Hepburn in a black custom Fendi dress covered in white polka-dots — arrived moments before the MTV VMAs started airing live.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Others say the dot of dark red grease that floats on top of a bowl of this gravy resembles an eye, a bit like a swirling hurricane eye.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The voluptuous, extra curvy, plush golden me with a speckle of grey.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Using speckle imaging enabled the astronomers to avoid atmospheric distortions because its short exposure time allows thousands of images to be taken in quick succession.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 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
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The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
Noun
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With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.—
Mark Cooper,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Second, crews will be working to protect the gains made on containment lines off of the McKinley Grove Road and will be actively watching for potential spot fires.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In certain places the canopy of tree crowns was so dense that only splotches of sunlight could penetrate it, and the understory of vegetation was negligible.—
Charles Elliott,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
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Pasty, light-brown skin spotted with splotches of darker brown.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Its black and white or brown flecks convey a fresh, modern feel that's ideal for breaking away from the tyranny of basics.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
24 Aug. 2025
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Although other pests cause similar damage, thrips damage is often associate with numerous small flecks of dark green to black fecal matter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Polka dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka%20dot. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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