Thesaurus results for DOT

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noun

ˈdät

as in fleck

a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered

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verb

ˈdät

as in to spray

to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on a hillside dotted with wildflowers

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as in to sprinkle

to mark with small spots especially unevenly the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce

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In speaking with various people with knowledge of what could be on the table for the Cowboys in the coming weeks along with connecting early dots, here are some names to keep an eye on as the process now kicks into high gear. —

Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Jan. 2025 Little red dots aren't bright in X-ray light, which would normally be seen from black holes. —

Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025

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Bizarre blue streaks dotted across an ice shelf in Antarctica have been spotted by NASA. —

Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 21 Jan. 2025 Chasen estimates that of the roughly 120 houses that once dotted the street, all but three burned. —

Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dot

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Others less so: Tiny flecks of indium make the screen sensitive to the touch of a finger.

— Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
And in the very center of the panel, in flat, dark country, in literal no man’s land, is a small, broken vertical line consisting of flecks of white paint.

— Teju Cole, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025