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Example Sentences
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My face was also dotted with bright, red bites that accompanied my pubescent pimples.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026
Campaign posters line the port city's almost-empty streets, dotted with shuttered shops, but the debate is the same as in many towns in the country of six million people that will vote on Tuesday.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The streets are dotted with saunas, Pilates studios and even a cross-country skiing fitness boutique.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Discovery board members who had fretted for weeks that they weren’t sure Ellison would sign on the dotted line, according to two people close to the auction who were not authorized to comment.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Thick clusters of small houses made of brick and concrete dotted side streets and the lower hillsides.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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