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verb

past tense of dot
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as in flecked
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dotted
Adjective
  • After all, the spotted find is just another neutral these days.
    Laura Jackson, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The spotted lanternfly continues to be a problem in Connecticut.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The streamer peppered Dittmann with a number of questions related to Musk, referring to Grimes and the New Year’s Day Las Vegas bombing in which the suspect blew up a Tesla Cybertruck.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Smaller explosions peppered the forest and grasslands.
    C.J. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The dashboard is swathed in a flecked, mélange-style fabric that is based on a traditional Japanese hand-weaving technique called Nishijin-ori.
    Mara Balagtas McIlwrath, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
  • The melton coat sits over a flecked tweed suit—contrasting the matte outerwear with mottled textures beneath.
    Aleks Cvetkovic, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • Her program prioritizes outside time and operates out of several yurt-style classrooms brimming with natural light and colorful Montessori materials.
    Kerry McDonald, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Both are deciduous shrubs that produce colorful clusters of flowers that attract butterflies and other pollinators but chaste tree and butterfly bush are not closely related.
    Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The freckled boy with kind eyes was wearing an orange and pink suit with a parachute flap affixed to the back of his wheelchair.
    Bryan West, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And while White's face wasn't visible in the demonstration, fans quickly pointed out the snowboarder's tattoo and freckled arms.
    Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Suspended from the fashionable wooden arch are a teething ring, crinkly rainbow, rattle, mirror, and plush moon to promote hand-eye coordination.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The Garvin flies both a rainbow Pride flag and a Black Lives Matter flag, prompting the occasional shouted slur.
    Brian Owens, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
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“Dotted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotted. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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