speckled; speckling
ˈspe-k(ə-)liŋ 
Examples of speckle in a Sentence
Noun
a ripe banana with lots of brown speckles
the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers
Verb
speckled the cookies with colored sugar
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IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2014
With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The bar serves small bites from chef Jesus Martinez, including melty chicken and tomatillo salsa tamales, and a sea bass ceviche speckled with slivers of habanero pepper served atop velvety leche de tigre.
—Kristin Braswell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 May 2025
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Noun
Their biggest problem was a shimmery image artifact called speckle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Feb. 2014
With a super-bright laser light engine, image speckle, as in grainy, shimmering artifacts, can become an issue.
—Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
It was speckled with spectators when the first match began a little past noon on a recent Sunday.
—Chang W. Lee, New York Times, 7 June 2025
The bar serves small bites from chef Jesus Martinez, including melty chicken and tomatillo salsa tamales, and a sea bass ceviche speckled with slivers of habanero pepper served atop velvety leche de tigre.
—Kristin Braswell, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 May 2025
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“Speckle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speckle. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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speckle
1 of 2 noun
speck·le
ˈspek-əl
: a small mark (as of color)
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