speckled; speckling
ˈspe-k(ə-)liŋ 
Examples of speckle in a Sentence
Noun
a ripe banana with lots of brown speckles
the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers
Verb
speckled the cookies with colored sugar
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Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Their backs are a mixture of cream dots, orange-ish speckles and brown blotches.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
Brandy Zadrozny, NBC news, 4 June 2025
Lined with shops and restaurants, the highway rest in a bustling tourist area, where pedestrians often speckle its street sidewalks during the summer months.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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Noun
There were also triangles of golden tomatoes and speckles of pickled red onion throughout.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 11 June 2025
Their backs are a mixture of cream dots, orange-ish speckles and brown blotches.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 June 2025
Verb
The parents were concerned by the illness that had speckled their children’s bodies and weakened their breathing, but their distrust of vaccines and hospitals ran deeper.
—Brandy Zadrozny, NBC news, 4 June 2025
Lined with shops and restaurants, the highway rest in a bustling tourist area, where pedestrians often speckle its street sidewalks during the summer months.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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“Speckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speckle. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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speckle
1 of 2 noun
speck·le
ˈspek-əl
: a small mark (as of color)
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