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Recent Examples of patchy
Temperatures could drop as low as 28 degrees, with patchy frost expected Friday morning.
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
If sunlight is cut off for too long, your lawn may weaken or die, leaving behind a patchy mess when spring arrives.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Performances have been patchy, and three successive defeats before this international break have dented the mood at Anfield.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
If sunlight is cut off for too long, your lawn may weaken or die, leaving behind a patchy mess when spring arrives.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 21 Oct. 2025
On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Performances have been patchy, and three successive defeats before this international break have dented the mood at Anfield.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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Now, charred and dilapidated buildings dot the small city center.—
NPR,
NPR,
25 Oct. 2025
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Opening in a dilapidated house in Montana, Ramsay drops us in 'possibility', somewhere anything could happen.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By the years of the Great Depression, the clown came to represent the faded glory of the circus and reflected the weariness felt by so many Americans in crisis.—
Time,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Scherzinger’s only familiarity with the material was Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, which starred Gloria Swanson as a faded beauty of the silent era hell-bent on a return to relevance.—
Tatiana Siegel,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add 2 to 3 inches of organic mulch such as shredded leaves or bark over the root zone, being careful to leave 3 to 4 inches of space between the mulch and the trunk to prevent rot, pest infestation, and disease.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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This Friendsgiving Casserole calls for shredded cooked chicken.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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That also includes Leonard, a dapper old parrot who lives in the clinic, and Bitchy, a mangy, rangy alley cat who recently wandered into the office and took up residence.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
30 July 2025
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His Orlok is more feral and red-blooded than previous iterations, appearing swathed in ursine furs and accompanied by mangy curs.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Removing Stains From Bathroom Floors Grout is porous and absorbs all the moisture, dirt, and soap scum it's exposed to, and that can leave it looking dark and dingy.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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The movie begins in the 1950s with Springsteen’s mother, Adele (Gabby Hoffman), driving a young Bruce (Matthew Anthony Pellicano) up to a dingy bar and asking him to go inside.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some years after defeating Ganon, Link and Zelda stumble across an underground tomb where the decrepit corpse of the villain’s human form, Ganondorf (played again by Critical Role’s Matt Mercer), is imprisoned.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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There were still restaurant-equipment stores, a print shop with no customers, and another shop advertising computer construction that looked decrepit.—
Eddie Huang,
Curbed,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But the story is lumpy too, its mechanical interweaving of Shakespeare and Disney somehow both predictable and holey.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
24 Oct. 2021
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In a 2018 Frontiers in Psychiatry case study, a girl with trypophobia reported being triggered by seeds on bread, polka dot or animal prints, holey cheese, and honeycomb.—
Natasha Lavender,
SELF,
26 July 2019
Adjective
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But there’s nothing jokey or tacky about their presence, and the actors’ performances do nothing so much as bring the love.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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The familiar formula of group portraits, superlatives, and tacky collages was already in place, and already stale.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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