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Recent Examples of patchy
On a plywood bookshelf above the twin bed sat a dozen teddy bears of varying age and quality, some patchy and furless.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Photos have captured the difference in the course over the past year, where once vibrant green fairways have now become brown and patchy.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
Many countries regulate chemicals in plastics, but rules are often patchy and limited to certain products.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Photos have captured the difference in the course over the past year, where once vibrant green fairways have now become brown and patchy.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
Many countries regulate chemicals in plastics, but rules are often patchy and limited to certain products.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patchy
Adjective
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Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The dilapidated wooden trim and sagging porticos were spruced up a few years ago after preservationists complained to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, but the upstairs windows reveal glimpses of peeling paint, crumbling plaster, and collapsing ceilings inside.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her long blond ends drew a stark contrast to her faded brown roots, which were parted down the middle and brushed up in the back.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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The faded colors and distressed pattern give the rug an always-been-here feel and lend a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere to the space.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Since pre-shredded cheeses are coated in anti-caking agents that can impede melting, our Test Kitchen recommends grating your own cheese from a block or wedge.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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Raw beef, raw chicken and shredded beef with vegetables measured outside of the temperature range considered safe.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 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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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
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Game Room Goals Unlike the dingy basements of yesteryear, today's rec rooms blend retro charm with modern polish, making a stylish case for analog games and good old-fashioned face time.—
Catherine Hong,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Storm preparations Cuba has been struck almost yearly by a major hurricane in recent years, sometimes twice, wrecking the country’s already decrepit infrastructure, damaging crops and destroying thousands of homes in precarious condition.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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There are decently unsettling moments as Mia’s quest leads her to poke around a decrepit former amusement park, the empty prison and other sites.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
13 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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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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The tackier the better The dominant aesthetic of the administration comes not from antiquity but from AI slop, the tackier and more juvenile the better.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Patchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patchy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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