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as in blotch
a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part
a black cat with a small patch of white next to her nose
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as in speck
a very small piece
a patch of land hardly big enough for a garden
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as in to repair
to put into good shape or working order again
patch the tire and it'll be as good as new
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Recent Examples of patch
Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Sunspots are cooler patches of the sun created by magnetic fields looping out through the photosphere.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026
Even the runways were earthbound, with moss bearing the strutting weight of models at Hermès and Miu Miu—the latter of which had someone assigned to patching the areas guests stepped on.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The jersey patch went to Guggenheim Partners, part of Guggenheim Baseball Management, which has owned the Dodgers since March 2012, while the field naming rights continued to be shopped around.
—Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
Sunspots are cooler patches of the sun created by magnetic fields looping out through the photosphere.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
In 2023, the city reported that the pool leaked roughly 12,000 gallons of water each day of operation; patching work was able to service the leaks, but those measures were seen as a temporary fix.
—Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 14 Mar. 2026
Even the runways were earthbound, with moss bearing the strutting weight of models at Hermès and Miu Miu—the latter of which had someone assigned to patching the areas guests stepped on.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patch
Noun
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The eggs vary in color—from white to blue to brown—with speckles, blotches, and other markings and are also distinctive in shape.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Mar. 2026
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Early salt damage often appears as pale, chalky blotches or uneven fading in the paint finish.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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A little speck on the metaphorical Southlake Carroll wall that’s been historically dominated by its eight-time state champion football program.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The City of Fort Worth says the work is focused on repairing deteriorating concrete along a high-traffic corridor to improve safety and reliability.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Mar. 2026
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The question of whether to repair and keep City Hall or relocate out of the downtown building looms over these discussions.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Arvidsson took it to the left dot and sent a perfect pass to Zacha for his 25th of the year.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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The market focuses on the median dot and often mistakes it for a plan, even though they are derived from 19 separate forecasts and not curated into a policy forecast by the committee.—
Steve Liesman,Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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A little bit of that football mindset in the sense of you just got to go 1-0 that day.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Mar. 2026
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Hours and hours of rolling green hills and rice paddies passed by the windows, the pale pools amid the shoots flashing bits of sky.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The hand sink and three-compartment sink in the produce prep area have been fixed and are fully operational, allowing the area to reopen for food production.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Doing your job, even if that job requires fixing his mistakes, isn’t enabling.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that Egyptians also used in medicine to treat syphilis and malaria.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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When the fungi were grown on wood chips or sawdust, the resulting spongy material could be pressed and baked into blocks and sheets resembling concrete, particle board, and plywood.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Patch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patch. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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