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Serreze adds that Arctic warming has always been more uncertain than the rest of the world, because of the spottiness of the observational records.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 14, 2021

Instead, Borrowed Finery is a kind of transcription of memory in its strange spottiness.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2019

One reason behind the change: About 2 out of 5 adolescents have tooth streaking or spottiness because of too much fluoride, a government study found recently.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2011

But that spottiness gradually comes to reflect Peter’s own lack of attention to the fallen world.

From Washington Post

Despite the spottiness of her memories, one thing she did remember was his tendency toward the obscure.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill