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Recent Examples of polka dot
Penelope was photographed waiting patiently in an elevator while wearing a white blouse and black and white polka dot shorts.
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Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For their legal ceremony in Monaco, Otedola wore a custom Christopher John Rogers ensemble, featuring a sculptural polka dot dress cinched with a wide belt and paired with mismatched polka dot shoes for a coordinated finish.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Ariana Grande opted for a strapless black-and-pink polka dot, custom Fendi gown complete with Swarovski jewelry.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Currently, her brand Charlie Beads offers more than 14+ colorways in the short bloomer style, including plaids, stripes, polka dots, gingham, and more.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For their legal ceremony in Monaco, Otedola wore a custom Christopher John Rogers ensemble, featuring a sculptural polka dot dress cinched with a wide belt and paired with mismatched polka dot shoes for a coordinated finish.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Ariana Grande opted for a strapless black-and-pink polka dot, custom Fendi gown complete with Swarovski jewelry.
—Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Currently, her brand Charlie Beads offers more than 14+ colorways in the short bloomer style, including plaids, stripes, polka dots, gingham, and more.
—Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dot
Noun
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On a patch of public land north of Ramona earlier this month, Angela Hernandez-Cusick watched with a group of wildlife experts as the door to each cub’s carrier was opened.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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After October, Microsoft will stop supporting Windows 10, leaving older devices without updates, bug fixes, or security patches.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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During the dot com bubble at the turn of the 21st Century, telecom equipment makers such as Nortel, Lucent, and Cisco lent money to startups and telecom companies to purchase their equipment.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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But put all the dots on a page and a pattern emerges of a socio-religious movement using government to fight back against and control a media perceived as secular, liberal and anti-Republican.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The blanket, wrapped tightly around a baby, and its flourishes of red embroidery looking eerily like speckles of blood.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
24 Sep. 2025
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Were it found on Earth instead of Mars, the rock’s speckles would likely be interpreted as evidence for a microbial feeding frenzy that occurred long ago.—
Humberto Basilio,
Scientific American,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The belly is tan or gray with dark blotches.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Sep. 2025
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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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First, the Blue = group requires 5 pips of the same number, and the only number that fits that bill is 2.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 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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In addition, the home features two parking spots.—
Bay Area Home Report,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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There are also more than 1,000 guest rooms, a dozen dining spots, a spa, and 24/7 room service.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The velvety-soft powder features mica and silica to give it a silky, soft-focus finish, so streaks and splotches are near impossible.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Sep. 2025
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This uncanny coincidence — that the Earth’s radiation lines up with the energies of carbon dioxide’s mixed vibrational/rotational quantum state — is how this tiny trace of molecules, mere flecks in the air, completely dominates our climate.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Polka dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka%20dot. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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