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The phrase "a scatter of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small, random distribution of items or elements in a particular area.
Example: "There was a scatter of leaves on the ground after the storm."
Alternatives: "a scattering of" or "a smattering of".
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A scatter of shells from Greece.
One contains a scatter of rainbow blips of watery sunshine.
Today, the site is nothing more than a scatter of concrete pilings.
The other half is a scatter of holdings, many of them held by staff or trusties.
The stream underfoot moves sluggishly, pooling in a stone depression, splashing over a scatter of rocks.
Otherwise we'd leave a scatter of lost selves babbling in the dust beside the road.
Titus's memories, "a scatter of images caught like butterflies in the grille of his mind".
A scatter of miscellaneous questions are posed and answered, more or less, in the book's closing section.
Unclaimed schoolbags lay in a grimy pile; books, pencils and a scatter of fuchsia sequins poked through the dust.
When the sometimes public parks were swept clear of troublemakers, many dispersed into a scatter of left-wing campaigns.
On the highway, among a scatter of trucks and vans, shivering surfers dressed, drank beer, smoked dope, hooted.
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