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three-spot

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[three-spot] / ˈθriˌspɒt /

noun

  1. a playing card, an upward face of a die, or a domino half bearing three pips.


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Unfazed, King said Roberts told her she’d be playing at the three-spot in place of Jackson and Burrell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

There was also North Carolina’s three-spot jump to No. 4 after beating rival North Carolina State for its third Atlantic Coast Conference road win in as many tries and blowing out Syracuse at home.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2024

These connections to higher-order control regions planted the idea that the three-spot network might be important for merging motor command signals from the homunculus with neural activity for more abstract planning.

From Scientific American • Apr. 21, 2023

"To put up a three-spot in the second inning, no less against one of the better pitchers in baseball, if not at the top, that’s really big," Lyles said.

From Fox News • May 18, 2021

The next turn showed up a queen for Tinhorn and a three-spot for Smith.

From 'Me--Smith' by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

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