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Recent Examples of birthmark
Emma, 27, who works in retail and has scars from childhood surgeries that removed a potentially cancerous birthmark, takes some time to open up.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
The medium-coverage foundation evened out my skin tone and covered a prominent birthmark, all while maintaining a luminous, skin-like finish.
—Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Arnau, a park ranger, finds the corpse of a woman who shares the same unusual birthmark as him and his daughter.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
As the last crimson tint of the birthmark—that sole token of human imperfection—faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, lingering a moment near her husband, took its heavenward flight.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
The medium-coverage foundation evened out my skin tone and covered a prominent birthmark, all while maintaining a luminous, skin-like finish.
—Genevieve Cepeda, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
Arnau, a park ranger, finds the corpse of a woman who shares the same unusual birthmark as him and his daughter.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
As the last crimson tint of the birthmark—that sole token of human imperfection—faded from her cheek, the parting breath of the now perfect woman passed into the atmosphere, and her soul, lingering a moment near her husband, took its heavenward flight.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for birthmark
Noun
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Led to her bedroom, Cathy learns its walls were painted to match her skin, down to a freckle.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 May 2026
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During an exam, Jaimes, also a dermatologist at Miami’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, noticed a brown dot behind her patient’s ear that looked like a freckle.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Qin Qin is an Asian fusion restaurant—available only to Diamond Club guests—whose menu blends Mayan ingredients with Asian staples, with dishes like Peking duck with black mole sauce, and cochinita pibil dumplings with yuzu foam and pickled red onions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Draped over crisp salmon like in this rice bowl (mole instead of spicy mayo; radishes instead of cucs); this is a form of recipe development, sewing together patches into a colorful quilt.—
Emma Laperruque,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Soon, red blotches were sprouting on his skin.—
Mary Beth Sheridan,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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That became a mere blotch on the ugly outing, as the error did not figure into any scoring when Brice Turang followed with a one-out double and Gary Sánchez with a two-out double.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
Noun
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The resulting mess of colors and splotches would be impossible to put back together, even using a quantum computer, according to the research.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
27 May 2026
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The lobby’s elevator doors opened and a woman with a giant white saucer on her head and a matching floor-length coat, embellished with red splotches that evoked stab wounds, slowly exited.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Noun
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For bees and pollinators, any patch of flowering plants in summer works.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
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To add to it, apply a bit of your favorite spot treatment or a pimple patch.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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“Birthmark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthmark. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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