marble

as in to sprinkle
to mark with small spots especially unevenly marble the paper with several different dyes to get a striking effect

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Recent Examples of marble Dunk them into a water marbling bath, then paint the tops metallic and add a satin bow to hang them. Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024 The score is based on the amount of marbling in the meat. Reia Li, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 Your marrow is marbled with grit. Reuven Perlman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024 The water-marbling paint set is suitable for kids of all ages and adults. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for marble
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  • Swap the bananas for berries or apple slices and sprinkle with cinnamon for a flavor change.
    Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 25 July 2025
  • House said one of her family’s favorite fiber-rich snacks is in-the-shell edamame that is steamed or microwaved and sprinkled with salt.
    Lauren Manaker MS, Health, 24 July 2025
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  • The Jags traded a haul of picks to the Cleveland Browns to move up to No. 2 for two-way sensation Travis Hunter, effectively dotting the exclamation point on the new regime’s bold offseason.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 24 July 2025
  • Freudenberger was inspired by the Central Coast’s unique ecosystem, which is dotted with Monterey pines, cypress trees, and tide pools.
    Mae Hamilton, AFAR Media, 23 July 2025
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  • However, the damage was done, thanks to the anchoring bias where the news broke, it was already stained in people’s memory.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • It was stained in several places, disintegrating around the edges, and already yellowing due to years of exposure to air and sunlight and, quite possibly, pipe tobacco.
    Darcy Ballantyne July 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
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  • Another Leshem series that Schenker was closely involved with is Bad Boy, which peppered dozens of Netflix top 10s when it was picked up by the streamer earlier this year.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 29 July 2025
  • While family movies have always been popular and typically pepper the annual box office top-10, superhero cinema and certain other recurring tentpole franchises usually take several of the top-5 and tend to reside in the higher positions of the charts.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
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  • In 1979, Vincent McMahon, who ran the World Wrestling Federation, met Bollea and reportedly wanted to give him an Irish name and dye his hair red.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 25 July 2025
  • Barron sometimes covers them in liquid latex to prevent dyeing the vinyl.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 July 2025
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  • The incident resulted in the resignations of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and its head of HR Kristin Cabot after the two were allegedly spotted on the kiss cam together.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2025
  • For a deeper peek into Sinclair Canyon and a chance to spot bighorn sheep grazing, try the nearby Juniper Loop hike.
    Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025
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  • In the center is juicy beef bulgogi, flecked with sesame seeds and rich with umami and a slight hint of sweetness from soy sauce marinade.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
  • Dark glasses shielded his eyes, while a salt-and-pepper tufts flecked his goatee.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 6 May 2025

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“Marble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marble. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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