as in to dot
to mark with small spots especially unevenly
the sunlight falling through the lace curtain stippled her face
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Recent Examples of stipple
When blended in a stippling motion, foundation melts into your complexion for a natural finish.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
For best results, the brand recommends working your cream or liquid foundation into the brush, before stippling into your skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
Then stipple a blush brush’s bristles into the product and buff onto your cheeks.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
For best results, blend out in a stippling motion with either a makeup sponge or flat blush brush.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
For best results, the brand recommends working your cream or liquid foundation into the brush, before stippling into your skin.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
Then stipple a blush brush’s bristles into the product and buff onto your cheeks.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
For best results, blend out in a stippling motion with either a makeup sponge or flat blush brush.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stipple
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The quaint town is still dotted with old ceramic workshops, and some showrooms and museums like the and home to the Musée Magnelli, Musée de la Céramique, housed in a 16th-century château.—
Natalie Stoclet,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Yachts dot the harbor of Positano, and the beach clubs are bouncing.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
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Then sprinkle cocoa powder on the top to balance the flavors.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Today, the cenotes sprinkled across the Yucatán Peninsula are the perfect place to cool off during the heat of the day.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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Police found items stained by blood in garbage bags in the living room closet.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
9 July 2025
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Achiote stains the fish, which has also absorbed the aromatics of lemongrass, ginger and sharply citrusy calamansi juice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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Original price: $109.99 Get Crocs' signature marbled look in a sneaker version with the Echo Storm marble clog.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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The marbling itself is called shimofuri and makes for tender cuts of beef that melt in your mouth.—
Yukari Sakamoto,
AFAR Media,
12 June 2025
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As Drakeford notes, West African communities across pre-colonial Ghana, Cameroon, and beyond were dyeing fabrics and weaving plant fibers into patterned cloths and applied that knowledge to new lands.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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Still others paid to have their dresses dyed and the hems shortened.—
Hannah Pittard,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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“Stipple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stipple. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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