as in narrowness
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Recent Examples of patchiness
The lightweight texture melts into skin, allowing pigment to be built or sheered out without patchiness.
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Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025
Layer it onto foundation and top off your blush—without worrying about pilling or patchiness.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025
Layer it onto foundation and top off your blush—without worrying about pilling or patchiness.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchiness
Noun
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Such narrowness can stifle innovation and overlook emerging value.—
Rochelle Witharana,
Fortune,
2 Dec. 2025
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Some areas can see much more snow than others nearby because of the bands' narrowness.—
ISABELLA VOLMERT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
28 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There’s a sketchiness to her voice that plucks a string of morbid curiosity in Mikey’s brain.—
Michael Nied,
PEOPLE,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Patchiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchiness. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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