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Music fans online in recent months discussed what became known as “blue dot fever” referring to the blue circles showing unsold, face-value seats available for a show at a concert venue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

According to the individual estimates entered as “dots” on the Fed’s latest so-called dot plot tool in the June projections, three officials had penciled in one hike by the end of the year.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

They are called that because of a single white dot on their backs that looks like a single star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Imagine a large chessboard with a dot in the center of each square.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2026

The mobile home became smaller and smaller until it was a dot against an expansive landscape.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young