dot

Example Sentences

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Without fail, the miniature version of me would blubber at Sully the polka dot monster reuniting with Boo, and Marlin the clownfish traversing the ocean to find his son.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Aerospace plants and oil and gas facilities dot the landscape in California, but it is easy for many people to be unaware of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Powell attempted to change the Fed’s communications approach, seeking to revise the dot plot, but acknowledged at the Fed’s April press conference that such change can be a “very complex” issue.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

In other words, the note keeps its original length and adds another half of that original length because of the dot.

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