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splotches

NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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The other is an overlay of orange and yellow splotches on the land.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

The paint-spattered wooden floor is littered with pages from old newspapers, some scrumpled up, the black and white print obscured by vibrant splotches of colour.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Now we see only black-and-white drawings, faces and bodies emerging from midnight splotches of ink.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2025

Sure enough, little dark splotches went all the way to the windowsill.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia



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