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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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2
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
Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Next to the patches lie two autographs in blue felt-tip pen.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Failing to adopt this kind of technology means staying in a purely reactive mode—patching problems after damage is already done.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The National Hurricane Center said Fernand crossed a patch of slightly warmer ocean, giving it a small boost in strength that should sustain it for at least a few more days.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
Next to the patches lie two autographs in blue felt-tip pen.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Locals have described the growths as scabby patches with black, toothpick-like or quill-like protrusions around the mouth and face of cottontail rabbits spotted in yards and parks in Fort Collins, according to the WFSB report.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Failing to adopt this kind of technology means staying in a purely reactive mode—patching problems after damage is already done.
—Saurav Bhattacharya, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patch
Noun
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Its back has orange and gray markings with a scattering of darker brown blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft
Updated July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
Noun
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Another hour of intense hiking and a white speck finally appeared nearly two miles away.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
13 Aug. 2025
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The Virginia show was among those scaled back from stadiums, but nary a seat or speck of grass went empty at the 20,000-capacity venue as millennials basked in nostalgia and their kids learned the definition of magnetism.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The vehicles were made with a faulty body control module, so dealers will repair the vehicles for free in two groups.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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Damage has been reported in 20 to 25 sites throughout Milwaukee County Parks, some of which needs to be repaired immediately for safety, such as sinkholes, erosion and damage to railings.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But more often than not, teams are left scrambling to connect the dots across logs, metrics and test results.—
Shiva Krishna Kodithyala,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Lee has a great wrist shot and the ability to beat goalies from the faceoff dots.—
Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Compared to Claire’s parents, Julia and Henry (Jeremy Irvine), a little bit more is known about Ellen and Brian.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
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None of these things are the least bit ahistorical, and all of them have been made incalculably worse by a world that seeks to seal its crimes in a bubble — to disguise its worst sins behind a supposed lack of precedent.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Industry analysts and executives say Spirit's troubles stemmed from its failure to fix its bloated cost structure in the first bankruptcy.—
Shivansh Tiwary,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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This Cardinals team still has a lot of holes to fix, and new head coach Mike Uremovich is going to have his work cut out for him.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Although other pests cause similar damage, thrips damage is often associate with numerous small flecks of dark green to black fecal matter.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
5 Aug. 2025
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While mostly white-colored overall, hues of pink can be visible along with black flecks spread along the plant.—
Emily Leahy,
Hartford Courant,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The second pair, Steel Nomad's regular and Light subtests, focuses on APIs more commonly used for game development, like Metal and DirectX 12, to assess gaming geometry and particle effects.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
25 Aug. 2025
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Either calculation suggests that a plastic toothbrush adds tens of thousands of particles to one’s yearly load of microplastics, which is significant when considering that estimates of microplastic exposure from food, air, and water put a person’s yearly particle load at more than 100,000.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Patch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patch. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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