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Recent Examples of patchy
If your lawn is patchy, gets heavy foot traffic, or could use some extra TLC, overseeding twice a year can help.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s still a chance for patchy fog early Thursday, and mostly north of Interstate 4, with better chances on Friday and Saturday mornings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
American teams have a patchy history in F1.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Cumulus clouds cotton ball across the sky and cast patchy shade.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s still a chance for patchy fog early Thursday, and mostly north of Interstate 4, with better chances on Friday and Saturday mornings.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
American teams have a patchy history in F1.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
Cumulus clouds cotton ball across the sky and cast patchy shade.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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But these Brown and Black immigrants were usually segregated into dilapidated apartments in the region’s oldest housing stock.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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The guy handed Gary some cash and Stewart disappeared into a dilapidated trailer.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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And today, free tuition could be the PR tonic California needs to brighten its faded image across America.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2026
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Lucky Brand nails the baggy, wide-leg aesthetic with these ultra-low jeans that have a faded wash that feels perfect for spring.—
Eva Thomas,
InStyle,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Anthropic, it was revealed, pirated millions of digital books to train its Claude chatbot and scanned and shredded millions of more physical ones.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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Also new is the Bacon Onion Jam Smashburger, a Black Angus beef burger with Nashville hot rub, white American cheese, pickles, bacon chipotle onion jam, shredded lettuce, El Gallo BBQ sauce and miso ranch served on a King’s Hawaiian bun.—
Richard Guzman,
Daily News,
16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Talking Heads played their first gig in June, 1975, opening for the Ramones at CBGB, a rock club on a mangy block in the East Village.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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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
Adjective
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And in spite of those popular posters of colorful doors on homes of Edwardian grandeur, Dublin was primarily a damp and dingy city of browns and greys.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2026
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Dark, Dingy, or Outdated Exterior Paint Colors Overly dark or dingy exterior paint colors tend to detract from the appearance of the home.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The island’s decrepit power system uses aging thermal power plants from the former Soviet Union.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
18 Mar. 2026
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As if things could not get worse, the burning wreckage from an ill-conceived and failed US rescue attempt was put on full display and the visible proof of America’s declined and decrepit foreign policy was international front-page news.—
Bill Keane,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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For example, receive a new pair of socks, finally throw away that extra holey pair hiding in the back of the drawer.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2026
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That’s thanks to a quirk of South Florida’s geology, where the entire region is perched on holey rock that does little to stop the rise of groundwater, which Sukop’s research has shown is rising on pace with sea level.—
Susan Merriam,
Miami Herald,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The formula isn’t sticky or tacky.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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He would’ve been mortified to see that kind of tacky scandal on what was a family show.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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