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[spot-ee] / ˈspɒt i /


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One impediment has been the spotty availability of charging infrastructure.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Simon measured the length of their fourth feather, which tells their age, and from the colour of their feathers, if they are spotty they are females and the non-spotty ones are males," she added.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Most days, cellphone service in their Los Feliz Oaks home near Griffith Park is so spotty that they rely on their traditional phone for medical consultations, job interviews or any call with long wait times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Many detention facilities reportedly suffer from overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and spotty access to healthcare.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

Which it did, there was no denying it, the spotty dark glass shattered like a kaleidoscope and refracting the room into a hundred pieces.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

While alternative data on jobs was ubiquitous, price information was far spottier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025

The record is a little spottier when voters were asked directly to choose which specific candidate would better handle the economy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Tide gauges are much spottier in the north, leading to missed predictions of storm surges, Way says.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 8, 2023

But the play of the veterans at guard and center has been spottier.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022

Activision’s track record with some of its games also became spottier.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

According to Moyn, Popper's critique of Hegel and Marx "relied on the spottiest possible knowledge of their works."

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2023

Susan Shaffer, a volunteer in the Presidio's immigration room, found that most children being processed were accompanied by only the spottiest documentation.

From Time Magazine Archive




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