as in specks
a very small piece
surreptitiously removed a flyspeck of dirt from the china
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Noun
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From the summit of Monte Gambarogno, the towns hugging the shore of Lake Maggiore appear as tiny specks, dwarfed by the snowcapped southern Alps to the north.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026 -
Silvery or mottled patches on leaves, brown or distorted petal edges, dark specks (feces) or flower buds that fail to open are signs of thrips.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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The person who seems least surprised by it all is Matsuzawa, perhaps the league’s only 27-year-old rookie with flecks of gray in his hair.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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As dust floats through the air, static electricity can attract particles of dirt, pollen, pet dander, and dust that accumulate on the fan blades over time.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
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Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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At the core of quantum computing are quantum bits, or qubits, that can store multiple values simultaneously, unlike binary bits that can only be a 0 or a 1.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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The best bits of Body of Work are defined by the ideas that don’t center Skeletrix in the frame, the half-thoughts and thorny passages that breeze past if you aren’t locked in.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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Just scrape off large food scraps and let the dishwasher clean the rest.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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The wastepaper baskets were filled with real scraps of newspaper.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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In the last 52 weeks, according to new NielsenIQ data, the only pasta made with alternative grains that is seeing an increase in year over year sales is ‘Grain and Legume’–a segment which has more than doubled in the past three years.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Some nitazenes are so powerful that under 2 milligrams—the equivalent of a few grains of sand—can kill a person by shutting down breathing.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Muted guitars twirl in curlicued shapes, fleshed out by harp, woodwinds, and brass; clanking bells and mbira-like harmonics flare up in quiet patches, and background vocals fan across the stereo field.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
19 May 2026
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The dog, who is gray with white patches, was stuck in the space for two days, according to News Channel 5 Nashville.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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The flames naturally burn off crumbs and debris, making cleanup a breeze.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
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Line Your Refrigerator Shelves When thawing foods that may leak or to contain spills and crumbs, line your refrigerator shelves with cloth napkins.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
18 May 2026
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“Flyspecks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flyspecks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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