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  • noun Plural form of blemish.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blemish.

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Examples

  • The lights are so strong they highlight skin blemishes and have been successful in moving on youths from troublespots who view pink as being “uncool.”

    Last Week In Science (22-29 March) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009

  • The lights are so strong they highlight skin blemishes and have been successful in moving on youths from troublespots who view pink as being “uncool.”

    Pink is uncool? ORLY? lili 2009

  • The lights are so strong they highlight skin blemishes and have been successful in moving on youths from troublespots who view pink as being “uncool.”

    April « 2009 « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009

  • The lights are so strong they highlight skin blemishes and have been successful in moving on youths from troublespots who view pink as being “uncool.”

    Archive 2009-03-01 lili 2009

  • Yet this parliamentary democracy, with all its blemishes, is something in which Winston Churchill put implicit trust, as did his prececessors and successors.

    Democracy vs. Hypocrisy 1986

  • I am the kind of person who a.) has enough skin blemishes/marks, and b.) would probably regret making something permanent on my body.

    PhotoHunter: Words « Mudpuddle 2009

  • But, Dr. Vincent said, the university is pondering whether the dorm's name blemishes the school's reputation and compromises the public trust.

    Dorm That Honors Klansman Sparks Debate Perry Stein 2010

  • Not really; OED references show it referred to a wide range of skin blemishes.

    Old disease names - but mostly not Ray Girvan 2004

  • Not really; OED references show it referred to a wide range of skin blemishes.

    Archive 2004-04-01 Ray Girvan 2004

  • For, though they can hardly be called blemishes, they are certainly not the great beauties of his work; or, at least, if they are, their anachronistic charm cannot be emphasised unless the play is accurately mounted according to its proper date.

    Intentions Oscar Wilde 1877

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