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dots

/dɒts/ noun A2
  1. A punctuation mark consisting of three dots, indicating an omission of some text or a sentence which wasn't fully finished, an ellipsis.
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The absence of the i-dots in the old man’s writing is also most characteristic.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 55 · B2
“Perfectly well, my good friend; and I will prove it to you by putting the dots to the i, or rather by naming the persons.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 939 · C1
He pushed his fingers into the sand and pulled them toward himself, turning dots and dashes into thin and thick lines.
The stripes on everything, p. 1 · B2

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