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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
Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
After 10 doubling times go by, the patch of Universe that’s undergone inflation has increased in volume by more than a factor of a billion.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
That means that alert attackers had a two-day headstart to exploit before most OpenClaw users would have known to patch.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Estrogen patches — also known as estradiol patches — delivers the hormone estrogen via the skin, where it's absorbed to help alleviate the more distressing symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes, and vaginal dryness and burning.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
After 10 doubling times go by, the patch of Universe that’s undergone inflation has increased in volume by more than a factor of a billion.
—Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
Maintenance workers frequently plug and patch leaky spots on the roof.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
That means that alert attackers had a two-day headstart to exploit before most OpenClaw users would have known to patch.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patch
Noun
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This was a black one with blotches faintly outlined in pale yellow, a beautiful but deadly looking animal.—
Dr. C. E. Kuschel,
Outdoor Life,
9 Apr. 2026
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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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Within it, there's not a speck of greenery in sight.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lassere and Ross-Lonergan, along with thousands of others, have devoted their careers to investigating this tiny and almost perfectly inert speck.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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It's formulated with the label's game-changing Alpha Keratin 60KU, which nourishes the scalp, repairs damage, and reinforces hair strength.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The project will improve safety and repair roads and bridges.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The notation was curiously quaint, dots and curly tails swimming along like so many tadpoles.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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And, in order to keep the gas flowing and the data center dots connected, more and more pipe must plow into the ground.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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For Rory McIlroy, the trek toward getting a second Masters championship got a little bit harder.—
Rod Beard,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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For whatever sprinkling of sociopathy that Quinn might have, seeing her dead best friend’s daughter, who looks just like her best friend, standing in front of her cracks through a little bit.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As Barca’s German manager finished answering the final question of his post-match press conference, his eyes fixed on the back of the room.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Remember, honest conversations can fix a lot, but everyone has to want to fix things in the first place.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Its design, crafted by Russell Sage Studio, is meant to be an on-the-nose reflection of the distillery's famed product, with bronzy walls the color of its single malt, and a ceiling painted to look like barley, reflecting the morning dew with flecks of gold throughout.—
Alessandra Amodio,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 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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In the late 1990s, when physicists unexpectedly discovered that neutrinos have mass, Thierry Lasserre abandoned cosmology to go all in on the particles.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
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Subatomic particles, gravity wells and the beginning of the universe – these are difficult and mysterious concepts that are better understood with storytelling and metaphor.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Patch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patch. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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