speckle

Reflected, back-scattered photons return from the target object carrying speckle noise, a random type of flaw that occurs in imagery.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 16, 2024

On this bright March afternoon, hundreds of colorful wooden fishing boats speckle the crystalline water below as we sail toward Hon Thom Island.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2023

But instead of seeking to speckle them with familiar, Earthly worlds, we can give in to the alienation and embrace the loneliness, let it transmute into a new kind of awe.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2022

Hot spots continue to speckle the map of the country, many of them in line with low vaccination rates but others in areas where vaccinations are among the highest.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021

The sky above them was stormy, and as they sailed closer, rain began to speckle the surface of the sea.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

This organization gives rise to unique pH profiles within nucleoli, which they measured and compared with the pH of nearby non-nucleolar condensates including nuclear speckles and Cajal bodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024

People in the stands held their phones up, creating a sea of star-like speckles in the crowd.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023

Others showed mere speckles of damage visible among streaks of healthy, red-stained cells.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 27, 2023

Fluorosis is a cosmetic condition in which one's teeth appear to have small speckles on them.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2022

When she looks up at him, his soft blue eyes are bright in the afternoon sunlight that shines through the windows, illuminating the speckles of sawdust in the air.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Prized vinyl records and vintage audio equipment are nothing more than a blank mush, speckled with ashes and broken pieces.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

You wait until the bananas are nearly gone — soft, speckled, with that distinct on-the-edge-of-death banana smell — and turn them into something new.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026

Seven native rattlesnake species are in California, including the Mojave, Western diamondback, red diamond, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Great Basin, and the speckled rattlesnake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2026

One of Mr. Joseph’s interviewees remembers Sondheim pinning an oatmeal-raisin cookie to a speckled piece of pine paneling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Some shiny, some speckled, some covered in wooly cocoons, some wrinkled and plain except for a curious sling that held them to a branch.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

The current price run-up is pumping tax revenues into communities stretching from Alaska to North Dakota to the small towns speckling West Texas and New Mexico.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

The “white gold” they seek is contained in the hundreds of salt flats, or salares, speckling the region.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Soon after European astronomers developed the first telescopes at the start of the 17th century, they observed dark spots speckling the Sun’s surface.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2022

The daughter is particularly confused about the purpose of mysterious holes speckling the family’s California backyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2020

Slightly dizzy, he nevertheless kept his eyes wide open, rain was speckling his glasses and ran up his nostrils as he hung upside down, avoiding another fierce dive from the Bludger.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling