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It’s easy to place three dots all the same distance from each other—just use an equilateral triangle.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

The positioning remained impressively accurate, without the blind spots or wandering location dots that often plague consumer pet trackers.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

New York bakery The Dotcakes went viral in May for its flat-topped, single serve cakes, covered in buttercream and "dots", as they're now being called online.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

There likely will be at least three dots projecting that rates will increase by a quarter to a half of a percentage point by the end of the year.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

The simple type was based on dots and lines, while the complicated type was based on glyphs—grotesque faces.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife