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as in flecks
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a dog with a single small blotch of black
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as in defects
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
that cell tower is another blotch on the landscape
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as in dots
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
my pen leaked and blotched my shirt pocket
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Recent Examples of blotches
Brian Bell, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Photos show the Maratus australis spider, which has an intricate pattern of blue and brown blotches edged with bright teal and red-orange stripes.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2025
This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
The belly is tan or gray with dark blotches.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
Gopher snakes tend to be tan-colored with large square brown blotches or saddles along their backs and smaller gray spots on their sides.
—Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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These blotches are fairly plant friendly and produce what is known as algal leaf spot.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for blotches
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López reportedly found flecks of gold while digging wild onions, sparking an early gold rush.—
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Shiny and dark evergreen foliage is held aloft on strong, arching stems mottled with purple flecks.—
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Since the mandate, neural tube defects have dramatically declined in almost every single ethnic population except for Latinos, according to Jaffery.—
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The research team attributed their results to how tiny defects, known as dislocations, move when a metal deforms.—
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Barnett dots up Knight for a 57-yard catch-and-run.—
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Rather than the stiff alien chitchat that dots his own screenplays, the characters in The Favourite trade the witty, venomous bon mots of The Great creator Tony McNamara.—
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Their long, silvery-blue spiral arms are peppered with bright knots and specks, the telltale signposts of active, messy astrophysics in progress.—
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Microcalcifications appear as white specks and may indicate cancer in some cases.—
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Harry survived the attack, but grew up with a limp and lasting emotional scars.—
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Reyes was shot, holding up his left forearm for the prosecutors, scars clearly visible beneath his short-sleeve shirt.—
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Much like Knives Out, the movie takes a much more lighthearted approach and sprinkles humor throughout.—
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The shareable treat features Galactic Brownie ice cream, fudge drizzle, M&Ms candies, and Halloween sprinkles atop a double fudge brownie crust.—
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Those canyons provide thousands of patches of natural habitat that interpenetrate the edges of greater Los Angeles.—
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Some of the new services offered in South County include electrocardiograms, echocardiograms, ambulatory monitoring patches that track heart rhythm and treadmill stress tests.—
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In 2023, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board sustained objections by Judge and the MLBPA and refused to register the marks in Chisena’s name.—
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The youngest is a barn owl that was found with bite marks on her after her nest was attacked.—
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“Blotches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blotches. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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