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dappled

[dap-uhld] / ˈdæp əld /


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The evening is lightly dappled with personal or informative patter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s an ideal companion piece to the site-specific daybed Skelly made to best enjoy the view from the sunroom’s expansive windows, where dappled light filters through an outdoor screen of towering bamboo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

This was classic couture — in sandstone tulle, sky-like lilac, blush cloud pink and dappled pastels — with arabesque motifs on golden foliage.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 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 sunlight filtering through them dappled the hall with shimmering lace.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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