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dot

[dot] / dɒt /




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The many interactive exhibits that dot the new building’s 200,000 square feet of gallery space are geared to entice and educate people of all ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

But Warsh is concerned that markets fixate on the SEP’s median dot and view the dots as a commitment, rather than a guess of what seems likely to occur.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Actors dot the lobby, doing vocal warm-ups between mini panic attacks and greeting old friends from past shows.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Freckles dot over the bridge of her nose.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Just 70 milliseconds after the moving dots appeared, neurons associated with the different choices were already showing distinct patterns of activity.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

Yet here he is, at age 83, analyzing, trying to connect the random dots of his life.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Martinů spent his first 12 years there, and recalled looking out the window at buildings, streams and hills with little dots of villagers—tiny figures whose activities he could not follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The pale blue dots on Florida’s election map tell the story.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026

I gave it a few seconds, but no dots appeared.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

"There were a few people dotted around, but the main people were DMA in Dundee."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

MarketWatch columnist Charlie Garcia has some practical advice for anyone facing a similar offer, including the five questions to ask before signing on the dotted line.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Much current angst is focused on electronic shelf labels, which have replaced the printed labels that dotted shelves at groceries and other stores.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Once, Kao held a company town hall using a map of the U.S. dotted with future Navatek offices as his backdrop, a former employee recalled.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

One of the many private homes that dotted the mountainside.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Throughout the day, fans crossed the grounds in bright Latin American soccer jerseys, the eye-catching complementary greens and reds of Mexico and the rich blue of El Salvador dotting the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

“No matter what the federal government was doing, they knew that if they weren’t dotting their i’s and crossing their t’s, they were going to get called to account,” Hilton said.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Wales stayed in the fight, and while usually conceding on the stroke of half-time, pulled one back off another well-worked driving maul, with Jones dotting down.

From BBC ● May 17, 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

I gazed at its marshes and rice fields, at kingfishers hovering to dive, cattle egrets dotting the landscape with white, and weaverbird nests dangling from trees like Christmas decorations.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo


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