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splotches

NOUN
smudge
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG




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The other is an overlay of orange and yellow splotches on the land.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

The paint-spattered wooden floor is littered with pages from old newspapers, some scrumpled up, the black and white print obscured by vibrant splotches of colour.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Even a healthy apple is susceptible to bitter pit, a disorder that marks the skin with black splotches and ruins the fruit’s flesh.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Now we see only black-and-white drawings, faces and bodies emerging from midnight splotches of ink.

From Slate Jun. 6, 2025

The light swept across the surface, making a spatter of ink- gold splotches before it stopped, abruptly.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd



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