dots

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It would take another 16 years before dots and dashes reliably flowed between Great Britain and North America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Concerns have grown over “blue-dot fever,” a term used to describe a prevalence of blue dots that represent empty seats on venue seat maps.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

About ten years ago, Professors Jöns and Trotta outlined a plan for using quantum dots as sources of entangled photon pairs in communication and teleportation systems.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

If there are no beginning repeat dots, you should go all the way back to the beginning of the music and repeat from there.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones