dots

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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

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

Quantum dots were precisely engineered at Johannes Kepler University Linz, while resonator nanofabrication was carried out by partners at the University of Würzburg.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2026

She enlarged all the dots from the butterfly wings one by one, until each dot joined with the one above, below, or beside it.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix