polka dot

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Recent Examples of polka dot Choose from 22 solid colors or polka dot prints, and dress it up or down with jeans, shorts, or a skirt. Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024 However, the dessert’s distinct packaging — a white paper pushup cup decorated with pink polka dots — was enough for some viewers to recognize the sweet treats had indeed come from Holtermann’s Bakery on Staten Island. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 14 Nov. 2024 The two were photographed hand-in-hand while making their way out of Hotel Cipriani, with Gaga wearing a black mini dress with white polka dots and shades, while holding up her left hand to show off her ring. Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024 Carl donned her red, polka dot bandana and blue jumpsuit, and passed out Gatorade to runners at around mile 24 or so, which was on East Lafayette Street headed back into the downtown from a trek out to the city’s Indian Village neighborhood. Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for polka dot 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dot
Noun
  • These updates often include important security patches that protect against new vulnerabilities exploited by hackers.
    Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Thankfully, developer NetEase has been hard at work on improving the game, and the first major post-launch patch is now available.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The light from numerous background stars, seen as orange dots behind the cloud, can be used to detect ices in the cloud, which absorb the starlight passing through them.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Doe's story represents one small dot in a constellation of legal challenges faced by Combs, who is now awaiting trial in federal prison.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • So, take this opportunity to score it in teal speckle or linen speckle, before those sell out, too.
    Maggie Horton, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
  • This method, known as speckle contrast optical spectroscopy (SCOS), essentially shows the rate of blood flow by how quickly the scattering changes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The horse chestnut leaf blotch pathogen overwinters as fruiting bodies in leaves infected during the previous season.
    Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
  • This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • At the 8-minute mark, add an individual Hershey’s pip onto each cookie and rotate the baking sheet.
    Kermilia White, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Set aside 22 pips for garnish; roughly chop the remaining candy.
    Kermilia White, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Wang takes the spot of outgoing Councilmember Hung Wei to round out the five-member council.
    Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, better known as CVG, will move its Escape Lounge to a new, larger spot in the airport next year as part of a $7.4 million lounge revamp project.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Termite mounds and ebony trees added splotches of dark.
    Mihir Zaveri, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Advertisement Officials lowered their recommendation for drinking water fluoride levels in 2015 to address a tooth condition called fluorosis, which can cause splotches on teeth and was becoming more common in U.S. kids.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The other side: But concerns over water fluoridation have included fluorosis, when growing teeth are exposed to too much fluoride and develop white flecks or spots, and reduced IQ in children.
    Kale Williams, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The authors also noted that adding fluoride to drinking water may increase the number of people with dental fluorosis, a mostly cosmetic condition that can leave the teeth with white flecks, spots, or lines.
    Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024

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