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as in fleck
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a dog with a single small blotch of black
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as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape
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Recent Examples of blotch
Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
In a terrific sequence set in an anti-gravity zone, Rain lays waste to this monster army with a mega machine gun, leaving yellow acid blood hanging in blotches in the air.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
Maya Dukmasova, Chicago Reader, 24 Oct. 2017
As Ghosh writes, back in 1635, in a village nearby Slovakia’s Strazov Mountains, lawyer Jan Ladislaides marked his stamp of approval on municipal account documents with a small blotched drawing of two dots and a line inside a circle.
—Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
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Noun
Doctors initially diagnosed the blotch as impetigo, a bacterial infection on the skin's surface layers that is fairly common in children.
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Inside the box there's a pile of mint-green paint chips, blotched with brown stains and cracked like a dehydrated lake bed.
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My steak, which was cooked to perfection, featured a dusting of luxurious gold flecks.Yasemen Kaner-White, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Poets and cub scouts, romantics and scientists, people young and old around the world have looked up and been dazzled by the flecks of light speckled across the night’s inky canvas.Abbey Stone, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
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Its most recent recall on November 5 highlighted a defect that could cause the drive wheels to lose power.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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All 2025 Santa Cruz and Tucson vehicles in the U.S. are subject to the recall, including more than 35,500 Tucson and 6,900 Santa Cruz vehicles -- around 1% of the vehicles are estimated by the NHTSA to have the defect.Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 23 Nov. 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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When the muscles are relaxed, the pigment sacs shrink to nearly invisible specks and the octopus appears to be white, but when the muscles contract, the sacs expand, spreading pigment granules across a small area of the skin and revealing the color.GrrlScientist, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Listed by Kathryn Bentzen of Coldwell Banker Realty for a speck under $8.5 million, the roughly 1.7-acre parcel is tucked away behind high walls and gates.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 21 Nov. 2024
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This wasn’t the first or last house to bear scars from our tenure.Lizz Schumer, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Within hours, towering waves struck 14 countries, claiming over 230,000 lives and leaving an indelible scar on the world.Tony Bradley, Forbes, 22 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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Use spot weed control techniques for small patches of weeds also making good growth.Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Prep the eyes with the eye patches recommended above to enhance the brightening effect and keep things set throughout the day by tapping on the lightest wisp of moisturizer from your ring finger.Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Nearly 4 feet of snow fell on parts of western New York over the last few days, according to the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center, with some places exceeding the 4-foot mark on Sunday.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
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Plan to replace the liner around the six-month mark.Lauren David, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Blotch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotch. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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