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Recent Examples of polka dotAnd, 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
With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.
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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.
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Karl Ove Knausgaard,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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.
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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.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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