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patched

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verb

past tense of patch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of patched
Adjective
From mighty Rice’s whales to the humble rusty patched bumblebee, the 1973 act protects more than 1,600 listed endangered and threatened species and their habitats. — Medara Udoekong, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026 Several patched sections of sidewalk remain near the stumps. — Drew Aunkst, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Verb
That’s bad enough, but the agent also launched with a zero-day vulnerability that, luckily, has been patched. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Hacktron’s report and said the vulnerabilities have since been patched. — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026 While BlueMoon leaves plenty of indications that it’s being used and all three vulnerabilities have been patched, Proofpoint said the kit may nonetheless continue to be used. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026 That’s six times the number that usually got patched before the AI models arrived. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2026 After all, no one will trust a V2X network to do anything if that network’s cyber vulnerabilities haven’t been anticipated and patched in advance. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026 Some roofs were patched temporarily until a better fix can be made. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026 With a pump, the same balls are still in play years later—scuffed and patched but still alive. — Sarah Evans, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 One report recommended remediation and noted the mold growth appeared to have been scraped off and patched, which the report said could have spread mold spores into the air. — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patched
Adjective
  • The town will unveil the renovations next month and the improvements include a new paint job on the interior of the historic building, a repaired 19th-century chalkboard pulley system and repair of the several small holes in the roof.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Volunteers painted and repaired bleachers, replaced the chain-link fence in the outfield with a wooden one and painted the dugouts.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Not every unhealthy environment can be fixed with resilience, better time management or stronger boundaries.
    — Nike Ajao, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In the decades after those pioneering studies reported an inverse flux in two-dimensional systems, physicists did not deeply interrogate whether those flows were fixed.
    — Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Punk’s jump to WWE came with a lot of mended fences, and there have been little-to-no significant stories about Punk’s backstage issues in a WWE locker room since his 2023 return.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But over the years, the two mended fences.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The previous Le Carl Gustaf hotel, owned by entrepreneur Jacques Laurent, went into decline before Hurricane Irma and was slated to be rebuilt as apartments, but locals said no way.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Walking through prewar Berlin, taking in its historic architecture, Susanna daydreams of her native New York, an ever-changing city where buildings are torn down and rebuilt in the blink of an eye.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Patrick Mahomes finished the job by scrambling up the middle, simultaneously giving the Chiefs an early lead and quieting some doubts about his reconstructed ACL and LCL.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The reconstructed Florida State offense will be built around QB Ashton Daniels and RB Quintrevion Wisner, both arriving via the portal seeking fresh starts.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Patched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patched. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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