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Recent Examples of variegate
There is an enormous variegated monstera with big white splotches, like the splatter on a painter’s jeans.
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Arielle Pardes, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020
Aureomarginata’ with pink buds opening to white blooms, variegated leaves edged in gold, and a spreading habit maturing at 3 feet by 4 feet.
—oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
This is stained glass—actually overlaid plates of variegated...
—Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
The men are variegated in their dress; the angels are uniformly clad and colored but individualized, especially in their posture and gestures.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
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Arielle Pardes, Wired, 19 Feb. 2020
Aureomarginata’ with pink buds opening to white blooms, variegated leaves edged in gold, and a spreading habit maturing at 3 feet by 4 feet.
—oregonlive, 30 Jan. 2020
This is stained glass—actually overlaid plates of variegated...
—Edward Rothstein, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2019
The men are variegated in their dress; the angels are uniformly clad and colored but individualized, especially in their posture and gestures.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for variegate
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The odds are that while scanning the Internet for content to pattern match on, invariably content associated with the popular topic would have been encountered.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The decor is always layered with varying textures and patterned accessories to add visual interest to the room.Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
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Goetsch-Winckler House features two long walls of glass on either side of the structure, striated vertically by wooden partitions.Nick Remsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2024
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Anyone visiting the park will want to see the spindly hoodoos, striated in red, gold, and white.Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
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The first snap is of the toddler in a brown and white striped sweater standing outside on a dirt path surrounded by trees and rocks.Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
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Studded linen sandals, striped Mary Jane espadrilles, and the retro Isla wedges that wouldn’t look out of place on a vintage Italian postcard round out the offering.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
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The shrimp butter will also return to spread on warm pieces of toast flecked with sea salt, as will the whole roasted chicken served with maitake and challah migas.Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2024
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Mission accomplished beautifully with the crisp and fluffy puffs flecked with fragrant scallions.Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
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Set your rubber plant in an area where it will get dappled indirect light.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2024
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Strawberries, a feature of his spring 2010 collection for Saint Laurent, are reprised in miniature, with miniature bananas dappled over men’s trousers.Miles Socha, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Some skeptics of adding fluoride to public water are worried about dental fluorosis, which is caused by overexposure to fluoride and can mottle teeth.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
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The gas stations had the dingy look of gas stations everywhere, mottled with the stains of oil and exhaust.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Architect Bo Lee designed a steel-and-glass partition for the foyer, where Frannie and Posie, Abigail Klem Spector’s coton de tulear dogs, sit, and created a black-and-white floor with Statuary and Nero Marquina marbles.Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
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There’s also the international Beef Marbling Score, which grades marbling on a scale of one to 12.Wes Siler, Outside Online, 23 July 2024
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Alongside pro-Trump banners and at least one poster of Harris with devil horns, Portuguese flags speckled the crowd.Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Spangler’s set is bulky and expensive-looking, seemingly committed to a kind of realism, and yet that soaring netting is speckled with what look like raisins — stationary black dots that are meant to be bees.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2024
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