blue dot

Example Sentences

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I still track José’s blue dot moving through the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

One large blue dot at South Georgia island in the South Atlantic Ocean, for example, signifies 130,611 whale catches, most of them fin whales.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

So, too, did using Galileo to look for life on Earth, says Kaltenegger: “This is how we can use our pale blue dot to provide a template for the search for life on other planets.”

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2023

Its basic functionality is simple: OnX shows you where you are in real time, using a blue dot exactly the same as the one on Google Maps.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2022

The blue dot that marked her location was showing her inside the fire!

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz