as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
marble the paper with several different dyes to get a striking effect
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Recent Examples of marble
Each tag is unique due to the intricate marbling process, ensuring that no one will mistake your bag for their own.
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Amy Jurries, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Duroc ham has a deep red color and lots of marbling, resulting in tender, flavorful meat.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
The score is based on the amount of marbling in the meat.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Amy Jurries, AFAR Media, 20 Dec. 2024
Duroc ham has a deep red color and lots of marbling, resulting in tender, flavorful meat.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them.
—Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
The score is based on the amount of marbling in the meat.
—Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marble
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To add scouring power, sprinkle kosher salt on the lemon, which acts as a gentle abrasive to scour away odor-causing buildup and residue.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Mar. 2025
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Will people obey this new law and stop eating this ingredient, cease and desist from mixing its powder with their milk, sprinkling it onto their ice-cream?—
Walter E Block,
Orange County Register,
22 Mar. 2025
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The rest of the year, aside from the occasional sunbather, the area is mostly used by geese, who often leave the lawn dotted with their excrement.—
Kale Williams,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
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Bike lanes and in-lane bus stops with boarding islands are featured along the road in the bucolic neighborhood dotted with high-end boutiques and trendy restaurants.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Many shoppers even added DIY elements, such as staining it, incorporating trellises for climbing vines, and casters for easy moving.—
Miles Walls,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Mar. 2025
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Also, ensure there is no debris or dirt stuck to the wheels or base of the machine that could stain the carpet when rolled on it.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
22 Mar. 2025
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Hinsdale team names peppered the results board and in almost every category, the team had a racer in the top three.—
Jacob Spetzler,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s distinctive brand of American architecture is peppered throughout the country.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Mar. 2025
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In February Brown dyed her hair from golden brown to platinum blonde and began emulating the voluminous hairstyles of ’90s icons like Pamela Anderson and Jessica Simpson, with the red carpet outfits to match.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
26 Mar. 2025
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The other featured a trio of lamb, chicken, and prawns, the last dyed a near-neon pink with paprika.—
Hannah Goldfield,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
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On March 19, an employee at Grand Teton National Park spotted a grizzly north of the park’s boundary.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Though the pair are spotted together later that night, Tommy never arrives home in the morning.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Shilpa lovingly stroked cloth flecked with gold that clocked in at 380 euros a meter, and visualized the shawl that could be made from it.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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Image But the quality is dubious: smelly, cloudy and flecked with debris.—
Abu Bakr Bashir,
New York Times,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Marble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marble. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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