Thesaurus results for POLKA DOT

polka dot

noun

Definition of polka dot

as in patch

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Recent Examples of polka dot The star wore a black-and-white polka dot minidress by La Roxx, sheer tights, black pumps and black sunglasses, giving photographers a good look at her engagement ring by holding her hand up to show off her large oval diamond. — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist known for her hypnotic, repetitive polka dot artworks, died earlier this week at the age of 97. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Gold and turquoise are a Southwestern classic, but don’t be afraid to add even more patterns—like the zebra and polka dot designs incorporated above. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Aug. 2026 Keep scrolling to shop more breezy dresses, including an everyday tank style and a chic polka dot pick. — Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for polka dot

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Noun

Patching can’t keep pace In many of these incidents, the remedy is a patch, a software update engineered to close the vulnerability.

— Shae Lake, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026
Each shoe in the Kith x Timberland winter 2026 range is built with waterproof nubuck and features stitched nubuck Kith patches on its upper.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of patch

Noun

Finally, grab 25% off the Logitech G316 X 98 Gaming Keyboard, providing hot-swappable mechanical switches and a playful dot-matrix LED display.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026
Teachers wanted new leadership and the sticker — a red dot — served as a collective reminder to go vote against the incumbent, Buchanan said.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of dot

Noun

Doctors detected abnormal breath sounds, and a scan revealed a round blotch in his right lung—a sign of blood, pus, fluid or tissue—but tests for common pathogens came back negative.

— Rachel Melegrito, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2026
Juveniles can be distinguished by their dark facial bands and gray or tan body patterned with black or brown blotches.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of blotch

Noun

If Kylian Mbappe endured a painful evening watching Harry Kane pip him to Ballon d’Or glory in London on Monday, the headlines that greeted him the following morning will have done little to improve his mood.

— Tom Williams, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Pips-in rubber, or inverted rubber, is smooth on the outer surface, and the pips instead touch the inside of the foam.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of pip

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In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Ramaswamy’s campaign confirmed the one-minute spot was taken off the air like any other ad that served its purpose.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Unfortunately, had two guys in the same spot, going for the ball.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of spot

Noun

The room is dimly lighted but for yellow and red string lights that produce radiant, shimmying splotches on the concrete floor.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
While some of the color contrasts do articulate planar shifts, such as the candy-stripe lips (red for upper, pink for lower), many of the touches are arbitrary splotches that neither bolster a shape nor set another off.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of splotch

Noun

In addition, since all this debris is moving at orbital velocity, a fleck of paint traveling in the opposite direction to an operational satellite can hit it at a speed in excess of Mach 47.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
As few as 10 cells, hidden in an infinitesimal fleck of feces, can contaminate raw milk and trigger a fatal infection.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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