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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 patched
Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Luckily, a duck hunter happened upon it, and repair crews patched it that night.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Distributions known to have patched the vulnerability included Arch Linux and RedHat Fedora.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
The message also suggests the routers can be patched with new firmware.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Here, fabrics are scraped, scratched, patched, bleached, ripped and painted to signify the passage of time.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Of those vulernabilities, 99 percent have not yet been patched.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Lindner pointed out that weak spots are easier to find than to fix, noting that Anthropic’s blog post announcing Mythos stated over 99% of the vulnerabilities the model uncovered haven’t been patched.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Since then, the two have mostly patched things up.
—Robert Costa, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Verb
The matchup against Embiid exposed a roster hole the Celtics had successfully patched for most of the regular season.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Luckily, a duck hunter happened upon it, and repair crews patched it that night.
—John Ryan, NPR, 3 May 2026
Distributions known to have patched the vulnerability included Arch Linux and RedHat Fedora.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
The message also suggests the routers can be patched with new firmware.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Here, fabrics are scraped, scratched, patched, bleached, ripped and painted to signify the passage of time.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Apr. 2026
Of those vulernabilities, 99 percent have not yet been patched.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
Lindner pointed out that weak spots are easier to find than to fix, noting that Anthropic’s blog post announcing Mythos stated over 99% of the vulnerabilities the model uncovered haven’t been patched.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Since then, the two have mostly patched things up.
—Robert Costa, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patched
Adjective
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The Niners are pushing their chips to the center of the table and betting their entire 2026 season on the repaired Achilles tendon of a 32-year-old.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Black Crowes recently appeared on Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now podcast, during which Robinson claimed that his repaired relationship with Rich lit the way for Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher to do the same in 2025.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2026
Verb
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With the spacecraft grounded until its problems are fixed, NASA redid Boeing’s contract.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 May 2026
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Guests can move freely between experiences, allowing the day to unfold organically — never rushed, never fixed.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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But over the years, the two mended fences.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While the original church was built in 1545, it was demolished and rebuilt in 1705.—
Regina Zumarraga,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sets would be built and then junked only to be rebuilt again at considerable cost due to an overall lack of familiarity with standard Hollywood filmmaking procedures.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Visitors can wander the fort’s exterior grounds and step inside to explore reconstructed living quarters.—
Abby Price,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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The West Loop building, first completed in 1966 and now called The Bell, includes reconstructed offices, a health club with a cold plunge, several tenant lounges and bars, pickleball courts, a rooftop deck and Solette, a ground-floor casual restaurant.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Patched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patched. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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