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
Private lessons in the art of Ebru, the Ottoman art of marbling, are also available upon request.
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Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
McQueen’s work asks us to confront the ways that awe at beauty can be marbled with disgust.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The marbling method, a simple smoosh, pinch, and roll, creates bakery-worthy swirls in every cookie.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2025
McQueen’s work asks us to confront the ways that awe at beauty can be marbled with disgust.
—Leslie Jamison, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The marbling method, a simple smoosh, pinch, and roll, creates bakery-worthy swirls in every cookie.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Ravn’s prose is striking too, richly marbled with quotation and detail pulled from primary source letters and court documents.
—Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marble
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After the mac and cheese bakes for 15 minutes, a crisp and tasty topping is sprinkled on top, adding a welcome texture contrast.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2026
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Nature design motifs are sprinkled throughout the dining room, such as redwood paneling bearing carvings of a redwood tree and a topography map of Kirkwood Mountain, where the Riches like to ski.—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Mar. 2026
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Depending on how late winter goes, the Meriden Daffodil Festival on May 2 and 3 may not be bursting with fresh daffodils dotting the historic Hubbard Park.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2026
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Rooms Twenty-four one- and two-bedroom tents are fronted by a winding lagoon dotted with lily pads and bordered by tropical greenery.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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The most popular American sport, long recession-proof, forever immune to greed’s side effects, is prepared to stain its legacy.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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The fossils become smooth, rounded and mineral-stained from their time underwater, a process that also complicates efforts to date them precisely.—
Hanna Wickes,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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Trump himself made a brief but historic appearance in the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday to listen to the court, including a six-justice conservative majority and three of his own appointees, pepper an administration lawyer with tough questions about his effort to end birthright citizenship.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Van Auken, entering a building on Linden Boulevard, peppered the team leaders with practical questions.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Don't forget to dye those eggs and hide 'em before the Easter Bunny makes his visit on Sunday.—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Along the Coromandel Coast, fishermen wear lungis—cotton cloths folded and tied at the waist—that are made of handwoven muslin and dyed in checks of multiple colors.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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Here's where hummingbirds have been spotted so far this year and how to attract them to your garden.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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In what’s become typical Knicks fashion, the team wearing orange and blue spotted the Rockets a 12-1 lead to start the game — 10 coming from Kevin Durant, who finished with 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The biscuits, flecked with frilly sprigs of dill, are pulled together with sour cream, giving them tenderness and a mild tang.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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The glittery flecks catch the sun just-so, adding up to a low-key statement swimsuit.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Marble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marble. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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