as in to dot
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face
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Recent Examples of stipple
Both of her hands had second degree burns, and her face, arms and chest were stippled with shrapnel and debris.
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 July 2024
These pests cause leaves to curl and distort in shape or produce a stippling pattern on plant leaves.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
As squash bugs continue to feed on plant sap, yellow leaf stippling progresses to more severe damage.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2024
Whelchel argued that physical evidence, including the angle of the gunshots and the gunpowder stippling on Mary Brewer’s hand, showed the couple was executed.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
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Seyward Darby, Longreads, 23 July 2024
These pests cause leaves to curl and distort in shape or produce a stippling pattern on plant leaves.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2024
As squash bugs continue to feed on plant sap, yellow leaf stippling progresses to more severe damage.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2024
Whelchel argued that physical evidence, including the angle of the gunshots and the gunpowder stippling on Mary Brewer’s hand, showed the couple was executed.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024
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There is nothing glamorous about it, but the reward lies beneath the water in submerged nets dotted with plump oysters.Kaila Yu, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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There were no baubles or bows on the towering trees now dotted around Beckham’s Dover Street store, which were naked save for the subtlest sprinkling of lights.Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2024
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Stir it and sprinkle the rest of the cheese and onions on top.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
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Combine ¼ cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon and sprinkle onto top and sides of the cake.Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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No, his worst error—and the thing that will forever stain what was otherwise an admirable presidency—was his failure to arrest former President Donald Trump on Jan. 21, 2021.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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These works, stained with mud and dyes, choreograph one’s movement around the gallery (shared with Caccuri) in the absence of easy sightlines.Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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Architect Bo Lee designed a steel-and-glass partition for the foyer, where Frannie and Posie, Abigail Klem Spector’s coton de tulear dogs, sit, and created a black-and-white floor with Statuary and Nero Marquina marbles.Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
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There’s also the international Beef Marbling Score, which grades marbling on a scale of one to 12.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 July 2024
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The risk of toxic emissions is greater when candles are scented or dyed, which is another reason why paraffin-free candles aren’t immediately in the clear.Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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From creating an African wax print bomber jacket in Johannesburg, South Africa, to making your own leather bag in Bologna, Italy, custom jewelry making in San Francisco or dyeing t-shirts with leaves from the rainforest in Hawaii.Olivia Pinnock, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Stipple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipple. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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