polka dot

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Recent Examples of polka dot And, speaking of old Hollywood style, polka dots are back! 5. Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 1 May 2025 The cover featured a drawing of a man wearing a thick gold bangle bracelet, hoop earrings and a polka dot bandanna on his head carrying a platter of food and wine. Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025 May 15, 2025 Bella Hadid (people’s princess and British Vogue’s June cover star) may be in her horse girl era–all cowboy boots and Miss Sixty denim–but this week, the queen of cowboy chic took a detour straight into ’80s nostalgia, embracing the polka dot mania currently gripping London. Olivia Allen, Vogue, 15 May 2025 Two rows of black spots run down its back, and its limbs look covered in white and black polka dots. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for polka dot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dot
Noun
  • Chase is the arena sponsor for the Golden State Warriors, while Rakuten has a patch on the team’s jersey.
    Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 5 June 2025
  • Some cancer patients with intractable pain use a fentanyl patch or fentanyl lozenge, for example.
    Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Each dot on this map represents a city or reporting area that issues a forecast.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • The rubber dots and grips on the top and bottom of the stool provide extra stability, giving me peace of mind.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.
    Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • The brick wall of the slanted building behind us shone white, and speckles of shadows played over the table when the wind swept through the foliage above us.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Their backs are a mixture of cream dots, orange-ish speckles and brown blotches.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
  • These are more typically animals with stripes instead of blotches, missing patterns, and similar.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Bald Eagle Livestream Viewership of the nest cam ramped up with news of the pips.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Eaglets make a pip — or a crack in the egg — as the chick hatches.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ana de Armas and Keanu Reeves’ From the World of John Wick: Ballerina is falling short in its quest to take the No. 1 spot from Lilo & Stitch at the weekend box office.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Gauff picked her spots better in the second set and the crowd cheered more loudly when her smash at the net leveled the match.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • Jennifer worked knee-deep in oil for months, returning home reeking of fumes, covered in black splotches and breaking out in rashes and suffering headaches.
    Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Bowfins have a dark splotch on their tails and lack the python-like spots of the invasive species.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Santo My Palo can best be described as an otherworldly nude shade with multicolored glittery flecks suspended in the gel that reflect light for a mega-watt sparkle.
    Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 27 May 2025
  • The formula—which sparkles in the bottle with rose-gold flecks of glitter—is made more indulgent yet with its gourman, coconut-milk scent.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 23 May 2025

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“Polka dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka%20dot. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.

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