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Recent Examples of polka dot
The footwear brand says Blahnik adorns his sleek styles in timeless dogtooth fabrication and delicate mesh polka dot, inspired by Lady Heathcoat-Amory, a golfer originally named Joyce Wethered.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
This pretty polka dot version is simultaneously statement-making and perfectly neutral.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2025
Penelope was photographed waiting patiently in an elevator while wearing a white blouse and black and white polka dot shorts.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
For their legal ceremony in Monaco, Otedola wore a custom Christopher John Rogers ensemble, featuring a sculptural polka dot dress cinched with a wide belt and paired with mismatched polka dot shoes for a coordinated finish.
—Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polka dot
Noun
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This is what eye patches are for, and these are the ones in Stewart’s rotation.—
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Without good air circulation, blades suffocate and die back, leaving slimy, brow,n or black patches.—
Noun
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That connected the dots on some very natural performative things that were already happening in my house.—
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Julien Garran, researcher and partner for research firm MacroStrategy Partnership, said in a report last year that the AI bubble is 17 times bigger than the dot com bubble.—
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For example, 'Pink Splash’ features hot pink streaks on deep green leaves, and ‘Snow White’ has white speckles on deep green leaves.—
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White speckles dot the purple mold, while a gradient sole unit runs through blue, purple and pink.—
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These blotches are fairly plant friendly and produce what is known as algal leaf spot.—
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Leaves may show blotches and mottled coloring and fruit may remain partially green and irregularly shaped.—
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The facility’s drainage pip from the coffee machines to the floor sink was lacking an air gap.—
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Trump has convinced many Americans that U.S. alliances are a favor to other nations and that there is no cost to squeezing allies until their pips squeak.—
Noun
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This moody shade definitely deserves a spot in your winter outfit rotation.—
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True freshman Ja’Boree Antoine has also seen spot reps this season.—
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The final piece of the puzzle is combined with testing showing that a mysterious splotch of red goo on a windowsill in the PT’s treatment room is the fake blood from the workshop.—
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The sun’s activity rises and falls over an 11-year cycle that is measured by the number of sunspots, dark splotches that dot our star’s surface and that are associated with magnetic storms.—
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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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“Polka dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polka%20dot. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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