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dot

[dot] / dɒt /




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"You just give your dot a responsibility... and your dots will just get to work and keep working," Altman added.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Speaking about "my dot," Altman almost entirely eschewed referring to the tool as an agent, which has been in common use for years.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

The TV cameras didn’t help matters, at one point finding a lone Chargers fan amid an ocean of Raiders fans, a blue dot bobbing in a silver-and-black sea.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Fed on Wednesday raised its rates for the first time in three years, as widely expected, with most of officials penciling in one more hike this year via its dot plot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It featured a large black dot inside a circle, which sat inside another pair of circles, which were themselves nestled together like a pair of rings.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

However, integrating the new dots onto a device "seems like a very reasonable thing to assume we may do someday," Altman said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But the aspiration to deliver tailored health advice to consumers is back with a vengeance, now equipped with a richer instrument panel and AI to connect the dots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

These dots will provide a glimpse into what they think about the trajectory of interest rates and the U.S. economy more broadly.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

"We could see these black dots coming down from the side of each building and we wondered what it was," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Finn asked, going back to alternately zooming in and out on Mom’s butterfly logos, growing and shrinking the dots and wings.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Before buying a property with an HOA, go through a checklist before signing on the dotted line.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Featuring various zones of native vegetation alongside bougainvillea and jacarandas, the park is dotted with generous public seating and has an amphitheater for outdoor events or general lounging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Dart also said she had several family supporters dotted around New York.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Note: No positional data available for the dotted line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

There are some mean hills as we leave and they are dotted with gear dropped by rookies trying to get lighter.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Of the 224 throughout the state, 140 populate central Ohio, dotting the city center through to the edges of suburban cities like New Albany and Dublin, according to Data Center Map.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

But not to be outdone by his opposite number, Jordan hit back for the hosts with a fine finish, dotting down in the corner despite Theo Attissogbe's last-ditch attempt to shove him into touch.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

Traci Park won the Los Angeles City Council’s 11th District seat in 2022 on a promise to clean up the rising number of homeless encampments dotting the affluent Westside district.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Almost all of Mandalay's flattened or toppled residential buildings have been cleared away, some of them already rebuilt and others remaining as fenced-off empty lots dotting the city.

From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026

It was a bright, sunny day, and Seattle looked like a beautiful place, with inlets and bridges, wooded islands dotting the bay, and snowcapped mountains rising in the distance.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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