dappled

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The evening is lightly dappled with personal or informative patter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Inside the breathtaking Art Deco interiors of the Palais de la Porte Doree, Issey Miyake ’s guests admired wall-to-wall frescos and bas-reliefs of exotic scenes lit up in dappled lighting.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

In the new study, the researchers repeatedly showed mice one of two images, each consisting of a different checkerboard pattern of gray and dappled black and white squares.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

The group, a mix of teens and seniors, almost all of them Black, erupts in thank yous as the willow’s branches sway around them in the dappled light.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2023

Towers of dappled foxglove bells blossomed wherever she walked.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish