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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dots
Noun
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In Powderhorn Park, protesters stream endlessly across the frozen lake, Bruegelian black dots on the flat, white ice.—
Katherine Packert Burke,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026 -
Deer print nails give classic polka dots a more rustic, fanciful feel as the precise dots are replaced with freehand splotches.—
Annie Blay-Tettey,
Allure,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Even Apple itself understands this, which is why the iPhone maker offers security patches to those who want to stay on iOS 18 — up until a point.—
Kate O'Flaherty,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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But because of the below-freezing temperatures, there may still be patches of ice lurking.—
Morayo Ogunbayo,
AJC.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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For example, 'Pink Splash’ features hot pink streaks on deep green leaves, and ‘Snow White’ has white speckles on deep green leaves.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Jan. 2026
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White speckles dot the purple mold, while a gradient sole unit runs through blue, purple and pink.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
2 Jan. 2026
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The remaining scenes draw on familiar teenage horror tropes, with flecks of fresh insight.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Even just sitting in a humid cabinet can lead to flecks of rust on a cast-iron pan.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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The sun’s activity rises and falls over an 11-year cycle that is measured by the number of sunspots, dark splotches that dot our star’s surface and that are associated with magnetic storms.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
19 Nov. 2025
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Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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Also known as sunspots, solar lentigines, or liver spots, age spots are additional specks and bits of pigment caused by excessive sun exposure.—
Essence,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2026
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Volcanic specks mushroom up from topaz seas, like a real estate brochure for The Man With The Golden Gun.—
Tristan Rutherford,
Robb Report,
26 Jan. 2026
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These blotches are fairly plant friendly and produce what is known as algal leaf spot.—
Brian Bell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2026
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Photos show the Maratus australis spider, which has an intricate pattern of blue and brown blotches edged with bright teal and red-orange stripes.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 Nov. 2025
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Its hilly, historic neighborhoods feel frighteningly narrow in some spots.—
Juli McDonald,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Paris-Saint Germain, Newcastle United and Chelsea currently occupy the final three spots in the top eight, but are level on points with Barcelona, Sporting CP, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid and Atalanta.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Polka dots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka%20dots. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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