- present tense form of dot (3rd person singular).
dots
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Researchers also plan to examine Webb's extensive archive to create a broader census of little red dots and investigate how their surrounding environments influence their evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
I have scattergrams — charts showing no reliable pattern — of every major valuation metric against one-year forward returns, and the dots are all over the map.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
According to Ms. Hazrat, Aristophanes’ dots were “the first nonalphabetical marks devoted to unlocking sentence structure and therefore enabling the performance of text.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Astronomers announced Wednesday they had discovered a new type of astronomical object called a "black hole star", potentially solving a mystery involving strange red dots spotted in the early universe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He’s still in costume—a billowing white affair with multicolored polka dots, a triangular hat, and Elizabethan ruff.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
