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Recent Examples of variegate
These wings are variegated and flecked with pigment, taking on the radiant transparency of monochrome stained glass.
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Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020
There is an enormous variegated monstera with big white splotches, like the splatter on a painter’s jeans.
—Arielle Pardes, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020
Aureomarginata’ with pink buds opening to white blooms, variegated leaves edged in gold, and a spreading habit maturing at 3 feet by 4 feet.
—oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
The men are variegated in their dress; the angels are uniformly clad and colored but individualized, especially in their posture and gestures.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
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Daisy Alioto, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2020
There is an enormous variegated monstera with big white splotches, like the splatter on a painter’s jeans.
—Arielle Pardes, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020
Aureomarginata’ with pink buds opening to white blooms, variegated leaves edged in gold, and a spreading habit maturing at 3 feet by 4 feet.
—oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
The men are variegated in their dress; the angels are uniformly clad and colored but individualized, especially in their posture and gestures.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variegate
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Consultants can contribute not only an outside perspective but also pattern recognition from across businesses and markets.—
Raheel Sheikh,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Across from it, the fitting area disappears behind Schumacher curtains patterned with soft florals and a geometric trim.—
Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
7 May 2026
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The beach was filled with stones that had been smoothed to perfect ovals and circles by thousands of years of being tossed by the sea, some gray and striated with pure white, and others that when wet were the color of emeralds.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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In the oven, the layers blow apart and the result is a biscuit striated like fancy Italian marble.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Feb. 2026
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The wind whips through my hair as the gleaming new fiberglass speedboat accelerates out of the calm bay and into open waters, striped in shades of turquoise, in defiance of the name.—
Lauren Keith,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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Over the course of three weeks and nearly 150 hours, Mike Elder carefully crafted his honeybee sculpture, welding on antennas and legs, sculpting the yellow and black-striped body from foam and precisely designing its intricate wings.—
Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Dishes of shepherd’s pie blanketed in smooth, buttery mashed potatoes flecked with cheddar cheese.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Heintzman also devised a hot brown chowder, with a cream and broth base made to resemble the sandwich’s sauce, flecked with potatoes, corn, turkey, bacon, and tomatoes.—
Rich Warren,
Saveur,
29 Apr. 2026
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Rumours break like waves in some nameless river, dappling our sleeves with falsehood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Flowers dappled the mid-lengths, with a real ’70s feeling volume throughout.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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The paint is deftly mottled but its handling lacks the prowess of her later work (see, for example, Being Beamed, 1984, a fantasia of extraterrestrial teleportation in which the watercolor is sumptuous but perfectly controlled).—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Its flowers are huge and orange, marked or mottled with maroon splotches.—
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The 21st century has yielded no shortage of stylish horror marbled with devious veins of pitch-dark humor — Peter Strickland’s In Fabric, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, Sam Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, pretty much every Jordan Peele feature.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Brisket is a tough, richly marbled cut that only turns tender after hours of low-and-slow cooking, when connective tissue breaks down and fat renders into the meat.—
Paula Disbrowe,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 May 2026
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On Tuesday, a few campaign signs speckled the cream walls of the room.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 May 2026
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Switzerland's natural beauty and breadth are astounding—snowcapped mountains with some of the world's best skiing, verdant valleys speckled with wildflowers, and quaint cities filled with cultural attractions and world-class restaurants.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
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