dots

Example Sentences

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Rather, it’s a pragmatic game of connecting the dots, revealing a damning picture of widespread corruption.

From Salon • May 22, 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

“But he dots his Is and crosses his Ts and does all the right things.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Dasgupta also points to a knock of eight from 11 balls against Lucknow Super Giants, which included five tentative dots balls in a row before a sliced high catch offered off left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

He bought chicken eggs, painted them with dots, and sold them to a city official as basilisk eggs.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri